Also known as Reef 3806
Where: Seychelles (9.4° S, 46.4° E: paleocoordinates 9.4° S, 46.5° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Aldabra Limestone Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• 125 000 years (Thompson and Walton 1972)
Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1969; reposited in the BMNH
• June-September 1969, small additional quantity in 1973 m, altogether 300 specimens found in Aldabra Limestone
Primary reference: J. D. Taylor. 1978. Faunal response to the instability of reef habitats: Pleistocene molluscan assemblages of Aldabra Atoll. Palaeontology 21(1):1-30 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 81011: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 26.05.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Ulvophyceae | |
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Anthozoa | |
"Acropora palifera" = Isopora palifera, Acropora hyacinthus, "Acropora corymbosa" = Acropora lamarcki
Acropora hyacinthus Dana 1846 stony coral | |
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Gastropoda | |
"Tectus mauritianus" = Tectus (Tectus) mauritianus
"Tectus mauritianus" = Tectus (Tectus) mauritianus Gmelin 1791 top snail | |
Drupella cornus snail | |
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"Strombus gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus
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Cantharus undosus true whelk | |
Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806 snail | |
Peristernia nassatula snail | |
"Columbella turturina" = Pyrene turturina
"Columbella turturina" = Pyrene turturina Lamarck 1822 snail | |
Terebra sp. Bruguière 1789 auger snail | |
Coralliophila violacea murex snail | |
"Cypraea isabella" = Luria isabella, "Cypraea caurica" = Erronea caurica, "Cypraea fimbriata" = Cypraea (Purpuradusta) fimbriata, "Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola, "Cypraea scurra" = Mauritia scurra
"Cypraea isabella" = Luria isabella Linnaeus 1758 Isabell cowry
"Cypraea caurica" = Erronea caurica Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea fimbriata" = Cypraea (Purpuradusta) fimbriata Gmelin 1791 cowry
"Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea scurra" = Mauritia scurra Gmelin 1791 cowry | |
"Polynices tumidus" = Polinices
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Bivalvia | |
"Barbatia fusca" = Barbatia (Ustularca) fusca, Barbatia helblingi
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Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
Jactellina clathrata Deshayes 1835 tellin clam
Pinguitellina robusta Hanley 1844 tellin clam
Scissulina dispar Conrad 1837 tellin clam | |
Semele jukesi clam |