Island of Nias - Pliocene [Checklist of Skwarko, 1994] (Pliocene of Indonesia)

Where: Indonesia (1.1° N, 97.6° E: paleocoordinates 0.8° S, 99.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown unit. Unknown relationship to other units. AGE: Pliocene

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine

• ENVIRONMENT: Environmental data not reported in text.
• LITHOLOGY: Lithologic and lithification data not reported in text.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Presumably van der Vlerk (1931). REPOSITORY: Natt. Natuurhist. Mus., Leiden and GRDC Coll., Bandung (Indonesia).

Primary reference: S. K. Skwarko. 1994. Mollusca in Indonesian Cenozoic biostratigraphy (a computerised compilation) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 70123: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 18.03.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COMPLETENESS: Exhaustive for Mollusca. Other groups not treated by primary reference. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative and relatively modern nomenclature applied. Nomenclature revised by van den Hoek et al. (2002) and Hendy (2007).
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unclassified
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Scarabus sp.
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
"Terebralia sulcatus" = Terebralia sulcata
"Terebralia sulcatus" = Terebralia sulcata Born 1778 horn snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Rhinoclavis (? Proclava) turritum, Rhinoclavis (Proclava) kochi
Rhinoclavis (Proclava) kochi Philippi 1848 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Thiaridae
"Melania subfossilis" = Thiara, "Melania (Melania) sitoliensis" = Thiara
"Melania subfossilis" = Thiara snail
"Melania (Melania) sitoliensis" = Thiara snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Notocochlis gualteriana" = Natica gualteriana2, "Natica (Natica) vitellus" = Natica vitellus, "Natica ruffa" = Natica vitellus1, "Naticarius (Naticarius) niasensis" = Aloconatica niasensis
"Notocochlis gualteriana" = Natica gualteriana2 Récluz 1843 moon snail
"Natica (Natica) vitellus" = Natica vitellus Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
"Natica ruffa" = Natica vitellus1 Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
"Naticarius (Naticarius) niasensis" = Aloconatica niasensis Wissema 1947 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Vexillum (Costellaria) bataviana
Vexillum (Costellaria) bataviana Martin 1884 ribbed mitre
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Ancilla sp.
Ancilla sp. Lamarck 1799 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
"Tiara circula" = Mitra (Tiara), Subcancilla interlirata
"Tiara circula" = Mitra (Tiara) mitre shell
Subcancilla interlirata Reeve 1844 mitre shell
 Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
Buccinaria (Ootomella) martini
 Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Bathytoma obsolescens, Bathytoma (Micantapex) herklotsi
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Strombus (Lambiostrombus) variabilis, Canarium plicatus, Terebellum terebellum
Canarium plicatus true conch
Terebellum terebellum Linnaeus 1758 true conch
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Xenophora (Xenophora) solarioides
 Sorbeoconcha - Campanilidae
Trochocerithium sp.
Trochocerithium sp. Cossmann and Sacco 1896 snail
 Heterostropha - Mathildidae
Mathilda bonneti
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica (Architectonica) perspectivus, "Architectonica maxima" = Architectonica (Architectonica) maxima
"Architectonica maxima" = Architectonica (Architectonica) maxima Philippi 1849 sundial
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Calliostoma dyscritum
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Marmarostoma (Batillus) gemmatus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma)
"Marmarostoma (Batillus) gemmatus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Clementia (Clementia) papyracea
Clementia (Clementia) papyracea Gray 1825 venus clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina sp.
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Barbatia (Barbatia) fusca" = Barbatia (Ustularca) fusca, Anadara (Anadara) teschi, Anadara (Anadara) biformis
"Barbatia (Barbatia) fusca" = Barbatia (Ustularca) fusca Bruguiére 1792 clam
Anadara (Anadara) teschi Shuto 1982 ark
1Hendy 2007; 2Majima 1989