Molluscan assemblages, Aldabra Atoll, Takamaka Limestone (Pleistocene of Seychelles)

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: Takamaka Limestone Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• 125 kyr

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; limestone

• either well-circulated, shallow water or a quiet depositional environment
• abundance of calcareous red algae

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1969; reposited in the BMNH

• June-September 1969, small additional quantity in 1973

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 80965: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 24.05.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium sp.
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail
common
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola
"Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola Linnaeus 1758 cowry
common
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
"Tectus mauritianus" = Tectus (Tectus) mauritianus, Clanculus cf. limbatus, Trochus maculatus, Trochus radiatus
"Tectus mauritianus" = Tectus (Tectus) mauritianus Gmelin 1791 top snail
common
Clanculus cf. limbatus Quoy 1834 top snail
common
Trochus maculatus Linnaeus 1758 top snail
common
Trochus radiatus Gmelin 1792 top snail
common
 Trochoidea - Phasianellidae
Phasianella sp.
Phasianella sp. Lamarck 1804 snail
common
 Lepetellida - Haliotidae
Haliotis varia
Haliotis varia Linnaeus 1758 abalone
common
 Patellida - Lottiidae
Acmaea sp.
Acmaea sp. Eschscholtz 1830 limpet
common
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia sp.
Barbatia sp. Gray 1842 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Ctena fibula
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosinia sp.
Dosinia sp. Scopoli 1777 venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Tridacna maxima, "Tridacna gigas" = Tridacna (Tridacna) gigas
Tridacna maxima Roeding 1798 cockle
"Tridacna gigas" = Tridacna (Tridacna) gigas Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Scissulina dispar, Pinguitellina robusta
Scissulina dispar Conrad 1837 tellin clam
Pinguitellina robusta Hanley 1844 tellin clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita variegata
Cardita variegata Bruguière 1792 clam
Hydrozoa
 Milleporina -
Millepora sp.
Millepora sp. fire coral
few
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Goniastrea sp., Platygyra sp.
Goniastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
few
Platygyra sp. Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
few
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia sp.
Favia sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
few
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp., Porites nigrescens
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
few
Porites nigrescens Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp.
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
few
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Seriatopora sp.
Seriatopora sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
few
 Alcyonacea -
Tubipora sp.
Tubipora sp. Linnaeus 1758
few
Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda sp., Halimeda sp.
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812
abundant
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812
frequent
Florideophyceae
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
Mesophyllum sp., Lithothamnion sp.
Mesophyllum sp. Lemoine 1930
abundant
Lithothamnion sp. Heydrich 1897
abundant
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Lithophyllum sp.
Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837
abundant