Where: Ecuador (0.2° S, 90.9° W: paleocoordinates 0.2° S, 90.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unnamed lithostratigraphic unit, for which stratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Late Pleistocene or Holocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Raised beach, 5-10 m above sea level.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Hertlein in 1932; reposited in the CAS
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: L.G. Hertlein, 1932. REPOSITORY: CAS.
Primary reference: L. G. Hertlein. 1939. Marine Pleistocene mollusks from the Galapagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 23(24):367-380 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 96867: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 06.07.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
Pleurobranchus sp. Cuvier 1804 snail | |
Acmaea sp. Eschscholtz 1830 limpet | |
Epitonium (Asperoscala) cf. emydoneus wentletrap
Epitonium sp. Bolten 1798 wentletrap | |
Crepidula arenata, "Crepidula aculeata" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus
Crepidula arenata Broderip 1834 slipper shell
"Crepidula aculeata" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus Gmelin 1791 slipper shell | |
Melanella falcata snail
Melanella cf. hastata snail | |
Triphora alternata, Triphora chathamensis, Triphora galapagensis, Triphora inconspicua, Metaxia convexa
Triphora alternata snail
Triphora chathamensis snail
Triphora galapagensis snail
Triphora inconspicua snail
Metaxia convexa Cerpenter 1857 snail | |
Polinices uber Valenciennes 1821 moon snail | |
Rissoina dina snail
Rissoina cf. laurae snail
Rissoina signae snail
Alvania lara snail
Alvania veleronis Hertlein and Strong 1939 snail | |
Cheilea equestris Linnaeus 1758 hoof shell
Hipponix barbatus hoof shell | |
Tectarius galapagiensis periwinkle | |
"Aletes squamigerus" = Thylacodes squamigerus
"Aletes squamigerus" = Thylacodes squamigerus Carpenter 1857 worm shell | |
Cypraecassis tenuis Wood 1828 snail | |
"Cymatium wiegmanni" = Monoplex wiegmanni
"Cymatium wiegmanni" = Monoplex wiegmanni Anton 1839 triton shell | |
"Cypraea nigropunctata" = Pseudozonaria nigropunctata
"Cypraea nigropunctata" = Pseudozonaria nigropunctata Gray 1828 cowry | |
"Trivia galapagensis" = Pusula (Pusula) galapagensis, "Trivia pacifica" = Niveria (Niveria) pacifica
"Trivia galapagensis" = Pusula (Pusula) galapagensis Melvill 1900 snail
"Trivia pacifica" = Niveria (Niveria) pacifica Gray 1832 snail | |
"Erato marginata" = Hespererato (Hespererato) marginata
"Erato marginata" = Hespererato (Hespererato) marginata Morch 1860 snail SUBSPECIES: Erato marginata galapagensis
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Acanthina grande, Acanthina muricata, Thais callaoensis, Thais crassa, Thais patula, Thais planospira, Aspella erosa, Aspella pyramidalis, Muricopsis dubia, Phyllonotus princeps, Phyllonotus regius, "Tritonalia parva" = Purpura (Tritonalia)
Acanthina grande unicorn
Acanthina muricata unicorn
Thais callaoensis murex snail
Thais crassa murex snail
Thais patula murex snail
Thais planospira murex snail
Aspella erosa murex snail
Aspella pyramidalis murex snail
Muricopsis dubia murex snail
Phyllonotus princeps murex snail
Phyllonotus regius murex snail
"Tritonalia parva" = Purpura (Tritonalia) murex snail | |
Morum tuberculosum Sowerby 1885 snail | |
"Cypraeolina margaritula" = Granulina margaritula
"Cypraeolina margaritula" = Granulina margaritula Carpenter 1857 snail | |
"Marginella minor" = Volvarina taeniata
"Marginella minor" = Volvarina taeniata Sowerby 1846 margin shell | |
Nassarius versicolor snail | |
Latirus tuberculatus snail
Latirus varicosus snail | |
Pyrene haemastoma snail
Anachis incerta snail
Anachis sp. Adams and Adams 1853 snail
Mitrella ocellata snail | |
Olivella gracilis Broderip and Sowerby 1829 olive snail | |
Cancellaria haemastoma snail | |
Mitra funiculata mitre shell
Mitra cf. lens mitre shell
Mitra solitaria mitre shell
Mitra sp. Lamarck 1798 mitre shell
Mitra (Strigatella) tristis mitre shell | |
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid | |
"Mangelia sp." = Cythara (Mangelia) Loven 1846 snail
Mangelia hancocki Hertlein and Strong 1939 snail
Agathotoma cf. camarina snail | |
Daphnella sp. Hinds 1844 snail
Philbertia stonezi snail | |
Terebra strigata auger snail
Terebra sp. Bruguière 1789 auger snail | |
Conus brunneus cone shell
Conus nux cone shell
Conus purpurascens cone shell
Conus tiarattis cone shell | |
Modulus cerodes snail | |
Alaba supralirata Carpenter 1857 snail | |
Vermicularia eburnea Reeve 1842 turret shell | |
Cerithium adustum cerith snail
Cerithium uncinatum cerith snail | |
Tegula cooksoni snail
Tegula snodgrassi snail | |
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840 top snail | |
"Phasianella (Tricolia) perforata" = Tricolia
"Phasianella (Tricolia) perforata" = Tricolia snail | |
Diodora alta snail
Diodora inaequalis Sowerby 1835 snail | |
"Heliacus cf. planispira" = Heliacus (Astronacus) planispira
"Heliacus cf. planispira" = Heliacus (Astronacus) planispira Pilsbry and Lowe 1932 snail | |
Pedipes angulatus snail | |
"Gadinia peruviana" = Trimusculus
"Gadinia peruviana" = Trimusculus button snail | |
"Turbonilla (Strioturbonilla) sp." = Strioturbonilla, "Odostomia (Chrysallida) paupercula" = Chrysallida, Odostomia (Miralda) incantata, Odostomia (Ividella) orariana, Odostomia sp.
"Turbonilla (Strioturbonilla) sp." = Strioturbonilla Sacco 1892 snail
"Odostomia (Chrysallida) paupercula" = Chrysallida snail
Odostomia (Miralda) incantata Hertlein and Strong 1939 snail
Odostomia sp. Fleming 1817 snail | |
Williamia galapagana pulmonate | |
Bivalvia | |
"Venericardia megastropha" = Strophocardia megastropha
"Venericardia megastropha" = Strophocardia megastropha Gray 1825 clam | |
"Codakia galapagana" = Ctena galapagana
"Codakia galapagana" = Ctena galapagana Dall 1901 clam | |
Chama frondosa Broderip 1835 jewel box | |
Transennella galapagana, "Antigona multicostata" = Periglypta multicostata, Chione undatella, "Antigona isocardia" = Globivenus isocardia
Transennella galapagana Hertlein 1939 venus clam
"Antigona multicostata" = Periglypta multicostata Sowerby 1835 venus clam
Chione undatella Sowerby I 1835 venus clam
"Antigona isocardia" = Globivenus isocardia Verrill 1870 venus clam | |
"Semele rupium" = Semele (Elegantula) rupium, "Semele punctata" = Semele (Semele) sowerbyi
"Semele rupium" = Semele (Elegantula) rupium Sowerby 1833 clam
"Semele punctata" = Semele (Semele) sowerbyi Tryon 1869 clam | |
Kellia suborbicularis Montague 1803 kelly clam | |
"Pecten (Lyropecten) magnificus" = Nodipecten magnificus
"Pecten (Lyropecten) magnificus" = Nodipecten magnificus Sowerby 1835 scallop | |
"Lima pacifica" = Limaria pacifica
"Lima pacifica" = Limaria pacifica d'Orbigny 1846 file clam | |
"Ostrea fisheri" = Hyotissa hyotis
"Ostrea fisheri" = Hyotissa hyotis Linnaeus 1758 Honeycomb Oyster | |
Pedalion chemnitzianum oyster | |
"Arca (Barbatia) reeveana" = Barbatia (Cucullaearca) reeveana, Acar sp., "Arca (Acar) gradata" = Barbatia (Acar) gradata
"Arca (Barbatia) reeveana" = Barbatia (Cucullaearca) reeveana d'Orbigny 1846 clam
Acar sp. Gray 1857 miniature ark
"Arca (Acar) gradata" = Barbatia (Acar) gradata Broderip and Sowerby 1829 miniature ark | |
"Arca (Fossularca) solida" = Arcopsis solida
"Arca (Fossularca) solida" = Arcopsis solida Sowerby I 1833 clam | |
Lithophaga aristata, "Mytilus adamsianus" = Brachidontes adamsianus
Lithophaga aristata Dillwyn 1817 mussel
"Mytilus adamsianus" = Brachidontes adamsianus Dunker 1857 mussel |