Tanga (Pleistocene of Tanzania)

Where: Tanzania (5.1° S, 39.1° E: paleocoordinates 5.1° S, 39.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone and lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Nardini. 1934. Molluschi delle spiagge emerse del Mar Rosso e dell'Oceano Indiano, introduzione e parte I (gasteropodi) [Mollusks from raised beaches bordering the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, introduction and part I (gastropods)]. Palaeontographia Italica 34:171-267 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 101546: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.12.2010

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
"Potamides palustris" = Terebralia palustris
"Potamides palustris" = Terebralia palustris Linnaeus 1767 horn snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Strombus gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus
"Strombus gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus Linnaeus 1758 conch
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
"Pyrula paradisiaca" = Ficus
"Pyrula paradisiaca" = Ficus fig shell
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Anadara antiquata" = Anadara (Anadara) antiquata
"Anadara antiquata" = Anadara (Anadara) antiquata Linnaeus 1758 ark
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys senatoria" = Mimachlamys senatoria
"Chlamys senatoria" = Mimachlamys senatoria Gmelin 1791 scallop
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Ostrea hyotis" = Hyotissa hyotis
"Ostrea hyotis" = Hyotissa hyotis Linnaeus 1758 Honeycomb Oyster
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Codakia tigerina Linnaeus 1758 clam