Khor Anghar (Pleistocene of Djibouti)

Where: Djibouti (12.4° N, 43.3° E: paleocoordinates 12.4° N, 43.3° 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 96791: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.07.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula plicata Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita variegata Bruguière 1792 clam
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama cf. aspersa Reeve 1846 jewel box
 Pholadida - Myidae
Cryptomya semistriata softshell clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Codakia tigerina Linnaeus 1758 clam
Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchia - Haminoeidae
 Heterostropha - Ellobiidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae
"Mitrularia equestris" = Cheilea equestris
"Mitrularia equestris" = Cheilea equestris Linnaeus 1758 hoof shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Strombus (Canarium) floridus" = Canarium
"Strombus (Canarium) floridus" = Canarium true conch
 Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae
"Marginella (Gibberula) monilis" = Gibberula
"Marginella (Gibberula) monilis" = Gibberula snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
"Nassa cf. arcularia" = Nassarius (Nassarius) arcularia
"Nassa cf. arcularia" = Nassarius (Nassarius) arcularia Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Columbella pelotina, "Columbella (Mitrella) azora" = Mitrella
"Columbella (Mitrella) azora" = Mitrella snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Nassa cf. coronata true whelk
Nassa pullus true whelk
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Cypraea (Erosaria) turdus" = Erosaria turdus, "Cypraea (Erosaria) erosa" = Naria erosa
"Cypraea (Erosaria) turdus" = Erosaria turdus Lamarck 1810 cowry
"Cypraea (Erosaria) erosa" = Naria erosa Linnaeus 1758 cowry
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
"Potamides (Terebralia) palustris" = Terebralia palustris
"Potamides (Terebralia) palustris" = Terebralia palustris Linnaeus 1767 horn snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) rostratum Sowerby 1855 cerith snail
Cerithium (Thericium) scabridum Philippi 1848 cerith snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Trochus (Infundibulum) erythraeus Brocchi 1823 top snail