Kamaran Island, Reef limestone (locality I) (Pleistocene to of Yemen)

Where: Yemen (15.4° N, 42.5° E: paleocoordinates 15.2° N, 42.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Kamaran Member (Abbas Formation), Pleistocene to Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• reef limestone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: R. L. Cox. 1931. The geology of the Farsan Islands, Oizan and Kamaran Island, Red Sea. Part 2.- Molluscan palaeontology. Geological Magazine 68:1-18 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 55376: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 13.10.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Strombus (Canarium) plicatus" = Canarium, Strombus (Labiostrombus) fusiformis
"Strombus (Canarium) plicatus" = Canarium true conch
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius arcularia Linnaeus 1758 snail
Nassarius (Niotha) albescens Dunker 1846 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Vexillum (Pusia) glandiforme, "Vexillum (Uromitra) macfadyeni" = Uromitra
"Vexillum (Uromitra) macfadyeni" = Uromitra ribbed mitre
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Barbatia fusca" = Barbatia (Ustularca) fusca, "Anadara antiquata" = Anadara (Anadara) antiquata
"Barbatia fusca" = Barbatia (Ustularca) fusca BruguiƩre 1792 clam
"Anadara antiquata" = Anadara (Anadara) antiquata Linnaeus 1758 ark
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris pectunculus Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Arcida - Limopsidae
"Limopsis multistriata" = Limopsis (Pectunculina) multistriata
"Limopsis multistriata" = Limopsis (Pectunculina) multistriata Forsskal 1775 clam
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula menkeana Finlay 1927 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys (Decadopecten) plica, Chlamys (Aequipecten) sanguinolenta, "Chlamys senatoria" = Mimachlamys senatoria, "Chlamys (Aequipecten) farsanensis" = Aequipecten
"Chlamys senatoria" = Mimachlamys senatoria Gmelin 1791 scallop
"Chlamys (Aequipecten) farsanensis" = Aequipecten scallop
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Divaricella macandreae Adams 1870 clam
Codakia tigerina Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula taitensis" = Corbula (Anisocorbula) taitensis
"Corbula taitensis" = Corbula (Anisocorbula) taitensis Lamarck 1818 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosinia histrio Gmelin 1791 venus clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
"Crassatellites radiatus" = Crassatella
"Crassatellites radiatus" = Crassatella clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae