Also known as Reef 3801
Where: Bahamas (24.0° N, 74.5° W: paleocoordinates 24.0° N, 74.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cockburn Town Member (Grotto Beach Formation), Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• 132-125 ka
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite
Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ),
• JA: the three collections together came from "twenty-one quadrats" each of "0.5-m2... separated into 50-decimeter2 areas... organized as 10 rows and 5 columns": because area and not volume measures are reported, the samples are apparently surface in situ and not screened
Primary reference: L. Gardiner. 2001. Stability of Late Pleistocene Reef Mollusks from San Salvador Island, Bahamas. Palaios 16:372-386 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 80676: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 05.05.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Epitomium sp. wentletrap | |
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail
Cerithium muscarum Say 1832 cerith snail
Cerithium litteratum Born 1778 cerith snail | |
Vermicularia sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Cymatium muricunum, Cymatium sp., "Cymatium nicobaricum" = Monoplex nicobaricus, "Cymatium pileare" = Monoplex pilearis
Cymatium muricunum triton shell
Cymatium sp. Röding 1798 triton shell
"Cymatium nicobaricum" = Monoplex nicobaricus Röding 1798 triton shell
"Cymatium pileare" = Monoplex pilearis Linnaeus 1758 triton shell | |
Cyphoma gibbosum Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
"Trivia quadripuntata" = Niveria quadripunctata
"Trivia quadripuntata" = Niveria quadripunctata Gray 1827 snail | |
"Strombus gigas" = Lobatus gigas
"Strombus gigas" = Lobatus gigas Linnaeus 1758 true conch | |
Calothrophon ostrearum murex snail
Thais deltoidea murex snail | |
Olivella floralia olive snail | |
Pisania pusio true whelk | |
Columbella mercatoria Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Conus mus cone shell | |
Polinices lacteus Guilding 1834 moon snail | |
"Antisabia antiquata" = Hipponix (Antisabia)
"Antisabia antiquata" = Hipponix (Antisabia) hoof shell | |
Astraea tecta, Astraea sp., Arene cruentata, "Astraea phoebia" = Astralium phoebium, "Astraea caelata" = Lithopoma caelatum
Astraea sp. Röding 1798 snail
Arene cruentata snail
"Astraea phoebia" = Astralium phoebium Röding 1798 snail
"Astraea caelata" = Lithopoma caelatum Gmelin 1791 snail | |
Tegula sp. Lesson 1835 snail | |
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840 top snail | |
Diodora cayenensis Lamarck 1822 snail
Diodora viridula Lamarck 1822 snail
Fissurella barbadensis Gmelin 1791 snail | |
Bulla sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail
Bulla striata Bruguiére 1792 snail | |
Acmaea leucopleura limpet | |
Bivalvia | |
Modiolus sp., "Modiolus modiolus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) modiolus, "Hormomya exusta" = Brachidontes (Hormomya)
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
"Modiolus modiolus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) modiolus Linnaeus 1758 mussel
"Hormomya exusta" = Brachidontes (Hormomya) mussel | |
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Lima sp. Bruguière 1797 file clam
Lima lima Linnaeus 1758 file clam
"Lima scabra" = Ctenoides (Ctenoides) scabra Born 1778 file clam | |
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop
"Chlamys ornatus" = Caribachlamys ornatus Lamarck 1819 scallop
Spondylus americanus Hermann 1781 scallop | |
Glycymeris undata clam
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam
"Glycymeris pectinata" = Tucetona pectinata Gmelin 1791 clam | |
Barbatia sp. Gray 1842 clam
"Arca imbricata" = Lamarcka imbricata Bruguière 1789 clam
"Barbatia domingensis" = Acar domingensis Lamarck 1819 miniature ark | |
"Divaricella quadrisulcata" = Divalinga quadrisulcata, Lucina pensylvanica, Codakia sp., "Codakia orbicularis" = Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis
"Divaricella quadrisulcata" = Divalinga quadrisulcata d'Orbigny 1846 clam
Codakia sp. Scopoli 1777 clam
"Codakia orbicularis" = Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Transennella sp. Dall 1884 venus clam
Chione cancellata Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
"Chione intapurpurea" = Puberella intapurpurea Conrad 1849 venus clam | |
Chama sarda jewel box
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
Laevicardium sp. Swainson 1840 cockle
"Laevicardium laevigatum" = Laevicardium serratum Linnaeus 1758 cockle
Americardia media Linnaeaus 1758 cockle | |
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
Tellina radiata Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
Arcopagia fausta Pulteney 1799 tellin clam |