Holoipepe (Pleistocene of Tonga)

Where: Tonga (21.1° S, 175.3° W: paleocoordinates 21.1° S, 175.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. M. Ostergaard. 1935. Recent and fossil marine Mollusca of Tongatabu. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 131:1-59 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 96472: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.06.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima squamosa file clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca fusca" = Barbatia (Ustularca) fusca BruguiƩre 1792 clam
Arca divaricata Sowerby 1833 ark
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium orbita" = Vasticardium orbita
"Cardium orbita" = Vasticardium orbita Reeve 1845 cockle
 Cardiida - Trapezidae
Trapezium oblongum Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Antigona reticulata" = Periglypta reticulata
"Antigona reticulata" = Periglypta reticulata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus miliaris cone shell
Conus striatus Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Cypraea isabella" = Luria isabella, "Cypraea carneola" = Lyncina carneola, "Cypraea argus" = Arestorides argus, "Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola
"Cypraea isabella" = Luria isabella Linnaeus 1758 Isabell cowry
"Cypraea carneola" = Lyncina carneola Linnaeus 1758 purple-mouthed cowry
"Cypraea argus" = Arestorides argus Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola Linnaeus 1758 cowry
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
"Trochus tubiferus" = Infundibulum tubiferus
"Trochus tubiferus" = Infundibulum tubiferus Kiener 1880 top snail
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Turbo argyrostomus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) argyrostomus
"Turbo argyrostomus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) argyrostomus Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Lepetellida - Haliotidae
"Haliotis ovina" = Haliotis (Padollus) ovina
"Haliotis ovina" = Haliotis (Padollus) ovina Gmelin 1791 abalone