W of Baghenda (Pleistocene of Djibouti)

Where: Djibouti (12.0° N, 43.3° E: paleocoordinates 11.9° N, 43.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; limestone and calcareous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Abrard. 1942. Mollusques Pleistocenes de la Cote Francaise des Somalis [Pleistocene molluscs from French Somaliland]. Archives du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, serie 6 18:5-105 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 96788: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.07.2010

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Turbo petholatus" = Turbo (Turbo) petholatus
"Turbo petholatus" = Turbo (Turbo) petholatus Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
"Trochus (Infundibulum) maculatus" = Trochus maculatus
"Trochus (Infundibulum) maculatus" = Trochus maculatus Linnaeus 1758 top snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium erythraeonense, "Cerithium (Vertagus) vertagus" = Rhinoclavis
Cerithium erythraeonense Lamarck 1822 cerith snail
"Cerithium (Vertagus) vertagus" = Rhinoclavis cerith snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Cypraea (Erosaria) cernica" = Erosaria cernica
"Cypraea (Erosaria) cernica" = Erosaria cernica Sowerby 1870 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Natica (Mamma) mamilla" = Natica (Natica) mamilla
"Natica (Mamma) mamilla" = Natica (Natica) mamilla Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
 Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
Bulla ampulla Linnaeaus 1758 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca (Barbatia) lima" = Barbatia (Barbatia) lima, "Arca (Anadara) uropygmelana" = Anadara, Arca (Anadara) clathrata
"Arca (Barbatia) lima" = Barbatia (Barbatia) lima Reeve 1844 clam
"Arca (Anadara) uropygmelana" = Anadara ark
Arca (Anadara) clathrata Reeve 1844 ark
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Divaricella macandreae Adams 1870 clam
Codakia tigerina Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Meretrix (Callista) florida" = Callista, Clementia cumingi
"Meretrix (Callista) florida" = Callista venus clam
Clementia cumingi venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Lutraria oblonga Gmelin 1791 clam
Mactra achatina Holten 1802 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium (Trachycardium) flavum Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina (Tellinella) rugosa Born 1780 tellin clam
Tellina (Arcopagia) remies Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Gari weinkauffi Crosse 1864 clam