Coast of Oaxaca (Pleistocene of Mexico)

Where: Mexico (17.0° N, 96.5° W: paleocoordinates 17.0° N, 96.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Late Pleistocene, according to text. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within local section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; siliciclastic sediments

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Presumably siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Unknown.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Palmer

• COLLECTOR: R.H. Palmer. REPOSITORY: Unknown.

Primary reference: U. S. Grant, IV and H. R. Gale. 1931. Catalogue of the Marine Pliocene and Pleistocene Mollusca of California. Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History 1:1-1036 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 96870: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 07.07.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for molluscs. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, but with antiquated nomenclature (revised through other sources), but with species-resolution identifications.
Gastropoda
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
"Crucibulum imbricatum" = Crucibulum (Dispotaea) imbricata Sowerby 1824 slipper shell
Crucibulum spinosum Conrad 1855 slipper shell
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella tigrina turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Strombus gracilior" = Strombus (Strombus) gracilior
"Strombus gracilior" = Strombus (Strombus) gracilior Sowerby 1825 conch
 Neogastropoda - Olivellidae
"Oliva testacea" = Agaronia testacea
"Oliva testacea" = Agaronia testacea Lamarck 1811 snail
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella gracilis Broderip and Sowerby 1829 olive snail
"Oliva corticata" = Oliva (Oliva) corticata Martyn 1786 olive snail
SUBSPECIES: Oliva corticata incrassata
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
"Cantharus elegans" = Antillophos elegans Guppy 1866 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
"Fasciolaria granosa" = Granolaria salmo
"Fasciolaria granosa" = Granolaria salmo Wood 1828 snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus gladiator cone shell
Conus lucidus cone shell
Conus mahogani cone shell
Conus purpurascens cone shell
Conus princeps cone shell
Conus regularis Sowerby 1841 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Clavatula (Knefastia) olivacea Sowerby I 1833 ribbed mitre
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Chicoreus (Muricanthus) radix Gmelin 1791 murex snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
"Cassis (Levenia) coarctata" = Cypraecassis coarctata
"Cassis (Levenia) coarctata" = Cypraecassis coarctata Sowerby 1825 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Triviidae
"Trivia radians" = Pusula radians
"Trivia radians" = Pusula radians Lamarck 1810 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Cypraea arabicula" = Pseudozonaria arabicula
"Cypraea arabicula" = Pseudozonaria arabicula Lamarck 1810 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Pediculariidae
"Trivia pustulata" = Jenneria pustulata
"Trivia pustulata" = Jenneria pustulata Solander 1786 Jenner's Cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca (Arca) formosa" = Anadara formosa, "Arca (Barbatia) reticulata" = Acar domingensis
"Arca (Arca) formosa" = Anadara formosa Sowerby 1833 ark
"Arca (Barbatia) reticulata" = Acar domingensis Lamarck 1819 miniature ark
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Glycymeris inaequalis" = Glycymeris (Axinactis) inaequalis
"Glycymeris inaequalis" = Glycymeris (Axinactis) inaequalis Sowerby 1832 clam
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima tetrica Gould 1851 file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten (Lyropecten) nodosus" = Nodipecten nodosus
"Pecten (Lyropecten) nodosus" = Nodipecten nodosus Linnaeus 1758 scallop
SUBSPECIES: Pecten (Lyropecten) nodosus intermedius
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Codakia distinguenda Tryon 1872 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Amiantis (Hysteroconcha) lupanaria" = Hysteroconcha lupanaria, "Pitar (Megapitaria) squalidus" = Megapitaria squalida, Pitaria concinna, "Venus (Antigona) multicostata" = Periglypta multicostata, Paphonotia elliptica
"Amiantis (Hysteroconcha) lupanaria" = Hysteroconcha lupanaria Lesson 1831 venus clam
"Pitar (Megapitaria) squalidus" = Megapitaria squalida Sowerby 1833 venus clam
Pitaria concinna Sowerby 1835 venus clam
"Venus (Antigona) multicostata" = Periglypta multicostata Sowerby 1835 venus clam
Paphonotia elliptica Sowerby 1834 venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Fragum magnificum" = Ctenocardia biangulata Broderip and Sowerby 1829 cockle
Papyridea aspersa cockle
SUBSPECIES: Papyridea spinosa aspera
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Cardita cuvieri" = Cardites crassicostata, "Glans affinis" = Carditamera affinis
"Cardita cuvieri" = Cardites crassicostata Sowerby 1825 clam
"Glans affinis" = Carditamera affinis Sowerby 1823 clam