Where: Fiji (18.0° S, 178.5° E: paleocoordinates 19.1° S, 178.4° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Nakasi Formation, Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
• age: ~ 1.8 Ma
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. J. Kohn and I. Arua. 1999. An Early Pleistocene molluscan assemblage from Fiji: gastropod faunal composition, paleoecology and biogeography. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 146:99-145 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 94832: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 30.03.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Anthozoa | |
Heterocyathus sulcatus stony coral
Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
Gastropoda | |
Natica arachnoidea moon snail
Natica (Tanea) euzona moon snail
Natica gualteriana Récluz 1843 moon snail | |
Rissoina bourneae snail | |
Phalium glabratum snail
Phalium areola Linnaeus 1758 snail
"Phalium bisulcatum" = Semicassis bisulcata Schubert and Wagner 1829 snail | |
Tonna allium tun shell
Tonna sulcosa tun shell | |
"Cymatium nicobaricum" = Monoplex nicobaricus Röding 1798 triton shell
Gyrineum pusillum triton shell
Gyrineum gyrinum triton shell | |
Distorsio reticulata snail | |
"Bursa rana" = Bufonaria (Bufonaria) rana
"Bursa rana" = Bufonaria (Bufonaria) rana Linnaeus 1758 frog shell | |
Terebellum terebellum Linnaeus 1758 true conch
Lambis crocata conch
Strombus labiatus Röding 1798 conch | |
Varicospira cancellata, "Tibia powisii" = Tibia (Sulcogladius) powisi
Varicospira cancellata Lamarck 1816 snail
"Tibia powisii" = Tibia (Sulcogladius) powisi Petit 1840 snail | |
"Cypraea erosa" = Naria erosa
"Cypraea erosa" = Naria erosa Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
"Conus eugrammatus" = Conasprella (Conasprella) eugrammata, "Conus comatosa" = Conasprella (Fusiconus) comatosa, "Conus orbignyi" = Conasprella (Fusiconus) orbignyi, Conus sulcatus, Conus sp., Conus saecularis
"Conus eugrammatus" = Conasprella (Conasprella) eugrammata Bartsch and Rehder 1943 cone shell
"Conus comatosa" = Conasprella (Fusiconus) comatosa Pilsbry 1904 cone shell
"Conus orbignyi" = Conasprella (Fusiconus) orbignyi Audouin 1831 cone shell
Conus sulcatus cone shell
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Conus saecularis cone shell | |
Duplicaria duplicaria auger snail
Terebra fenestrata auger snail
Terebra textilis Hinds 1844 auger snail | |
Eucithara vittata snail | |
Gemmula speciosa turrid
Gemmula unedo turrid | |
Harpa sp. Röding 1798 snail | |
Morula margariticola Broderip 1832 murex snail
Murex aduncospinosus murex snail
Murex tenuirostrum murex snail
Haustellum dolichourus murex snail | |
Turrancilla sp., Oliva sidelia, "Oliva mustelina" = Oliva (Neocylindrus) mustelina, Olivella apicalis, Olivella sp.
Turrancilla sp. von Martens 1903 olive snail
Oliva sidelia olive snail
"Oliva mustelina" = Oliva (Neocylindrus) mustelina Lamarck 1810 olive snail
Olivella apicalis olive snail
Olivella sp. Swainson 1831 olive snail | |
Fusinus sp. Rafinesque 1815 snail
Granulifusus "sp. A" Kuroda and Habe 1952 snail | |
Nassarius comptus, Nassarius crematus, Nassarius (Zeuxis) concinnus, Nassarius (Niotha) sinusigerus, Nassaria acuminata, Cyllene sp.
Nassarius comptus snail
Nassarius crematus Hinds 1844 snail
Nassarius (Zeuxis) concinnus Powys 1835 snail
Nassaria acuminata snail
Cyllene sp. Gray 1834 snail | |
Mitrella puella snail
Mitrella ligula snail
Pyrene sp. Röding 1798 snail
Anachis sp. Adams and Adams 1853 snail | |
Colubraria tortuosa true whelk
Phos vitiensis true whelk
Phos roseatus true whelk
Metula ibbotsoni true whelk | |
Cancellaria atopodonta snail | |
Vexillum gembacanum, Vexillum obeliscus, Vexillum cf. radix, Vexillum angustissima, Paradrillia cf. kakegawaensis
Vexillum gembacanum ribbed mitre
Vexillum obeliscus ribbed mitre
Vexillum cf. radix ribbed mitre
Vexillum angustissima ribbed mitre
Paradrillia cf. kakegawaensis ribbed mitre | |
"Ziba interlirata" = Cancilla (Ziba), "Ziba bacillum" = Cancilla (Ziba)
"Ziba interlirata" = Cancilla (Ziba) mitre shell
"Ziba bacillum" = Cancilla (Ziba) mitre shell | |
Ficus variegata Röding 1798 fig shell | |
Inquisitor cf. angustus snail | |
Epitonium sakuraii wentletrap | |
"Turritella cingulifera" = Turritella (Kurosioia) cingulifera, Vermicularia "sp. A"
"Turritella cingulifera" = Turritella (Kurosioia) cingulifera Sowerby 1825 turret shell
Vermicularia "sp. A" Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Rhinoclavis (Proclava) sordidula, Rhinoclavis (Proclava) kochi, Cerithium columna, Clypeomorus sp., Argyropeza schepmaniana, Argyropeza divina
Rhinoclavis (Proclava) sordidula cerith snail
Rhinoclavis (Proclava) kochi Philippi 1848 cerith snail
Cerithium columna Sowerby l 1834 cerith snail
Clypeomorus sp. Jousseaume 1888 cerith snail
Argyropeza schepmaniana cerith snail
Argyropeza divina Melvill and Standen 1901 cerith snail | |
Otopleura sp. Fischer 1885 snail
Pyramidella sp. Lamarck 1799 snail
Syrnola brunnea snail
Turbonilla sp. Risso 1826 snail | |
Acteon sp. Montfort 1810 snail
Acteon aff. teramachii Habe 1950 snail | |
Turbo argyrostoma, "Turbo squamosus" = Turbo laminiferus, "Turbo petholatus" = Turbo (Turbo) petholatus
Turbo argyrostoma snail
"Turbo squamosus" = Turbo laminiferus Reeve 1848 snail
"Turbo petholatus" = Turbo (Turbo) petholatus Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Phasianella graeffei snail | |
Monilea belcheri Philippi 1849 top snail
Monilea nucleus Philippi 1849 top snail
Monilea callifera Lamarck 1822 top snail | |
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846 snail
Scaphander sp. Monfort 1810 snail | |
Atys sp. Montfort 1810 snail |