Akoulta (Pleistocene of Djibouti)
Where: Djibouti (12.2° N, 43.3° E: paleocoordinates 12.2° 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 96792: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.07.2010
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Taxonomic list
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| Gastropoda | |
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Cerithium adenense Sowerby 1865 cerith snail | |
"Strombus (Canarium) gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus, "Strombus (Canarium) elegans" = Canarium
"Strombus (Canarium) gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus Linnaeus 1758 conch
"Strombus (Canarium) elegans" = Canarium true conch | |
"Ancillaria cinnamomea" = Ancilla (Sparella) cinnamomea, Oliva elegans
"Ancillaria cinnamomea" = Ancilla (Sparella) cinnamomea Lamarck 1801 olive snail
Oliva elegans olive snail | |
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Nassa pullus true whelk | |
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Drillia baynhami snail | |
"Pleurotoma cingulifera" = Lophiotoma cingulifera, "Pleurotoma garnonsii" = Turris, "Pleurotoma aff. variegata" = Turris
"Pleurotoma cingulifera" = Lophiotoma cingulifera Lamarck 1822 turrid
"Pleurotoma garnonsii" = Turris turrid
"Pleurotoma aff. variegata" = Turris turrid | |
"Terebra duplicata" = Terebra (Duplicaria) duplicata, Terebra cf. straminea
"Terebra duplicata" = Terebra (Duplicaria) duplicata Lamarck 1822 auger snail
Terebra cf. straminea auger snail | |
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Conus (Pionoconus) cf. erythraeensis cone shell
Conus (Leptoconus) generalis Linnaeus 1767 cone shell
Conus (Puncticulis) arenatus Hwass in Bruguiére 1792 cone shell | |
"Mitra (Costellaria) obeliscus" = Vexillum (Costellaria)
"Mitra (Costellaria) obeliscus" = Vexillum (Costellaria) ribbed mitre | |
"Natica (Mamma) mamilla" = Natica (Natica) mamilla, "Natica (Mamma) powisiana" = Polinices peselephanti
"Natica (Mamma) mamilla" = Natica (Natica) mamilla Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
"Natica (Mamma) powisiana" = Polinices peselephanti Link 1807 moon snail | |
| Bivalvia | |
"Chlamys senatoria" = Mimachlamys senatoria
"Chlamys senatoria" = Mimachlamys senatoria Gmelin 1791 scallop | |
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Limopsis forskali clam | |
"Pectunculus pectunculus" = Glycymeris pectunculus
"Pectunculus pectunculus" = Glycymeris pectunculus Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Arca (Anadara) clathrata, "Arca (Anadara) uropygmelana" = Anadara, "Arca (Cunearca) rhombea" = Scapharca (Cunearca) rhombea
Arca (Anadara) clathrata Reeve 1844 ark
"Arca (Anadara) uropygmelana" = Anadara ark
"Arca (Cunearca) rhombea" = Scapharca (Cunearca) rhombea Born 1778 ark | |
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Divaricella macandreae Adams 1870 clam | |
"Meretrix (Callista) florida" = Callista, Circe (Parmulina) corrugata, Venus (Clausinella) tiara, Dosinia hepatica, Dosinia histrio, "Meretrix (Lioconcha) picta" = Lioconcha (Lioconcha) ornata
"Meretrix (Callista) florida" = Callista venus clam
Circe (Parmulina) corrugata Dilwyn 1817 venus clam
Venus (Clausinella) tiara venus clam
Dosinia hepatica venus clam
Dosinia histrio Gmelin 1791 venus clam
"Meretrix (Lioconcha) picta" = Lioconcha (Lioconcha) ornata Dillwyn 1817 venus clam | |
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Joannisiella cumingi clam | |