Where: Ecuador (0.2° S, 90.9° W: paleocoordinates 0.2° S, 90.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unnamed lithostratigraphic unit, for which stratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Late Pleistocene or Holocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Raised beach, 5-10 m above sea level.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Hertlein in 1932; reposited in the CAS
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: L.G. Hertlein, 1932. REPOSITORY: CAS.
Primary reference: L. G. Hertlein. 1939. Marine Pleistocene mollusks from the Galapagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 23(24):367-380 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 96867: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 06.07.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
"Odostomia (Chrysallida) paupercula" = Chrysallida, Odostomia (Ividella) orariana, Odostomia sp., Odostomia (Miralda) incantata, "Turbonilla (Strioturbonilla) sp." = Strioturbonilla
"Odostomia (Chrysallida) paupercula" = Chrysallida snail
Odostomia sp. Fleming 1817 snail
Odostomia (Miralda) incantata Hertlein and Strong 1939 snail
"Turbonilla (Strioturbonilla) sp." = Strioturbonilla Sacco 1892 snail | |
Pedipes angulatus snail | |
"Gadinia peruviana" = Trimusculus
"Gadinia peruviana" = Trimusculus button snail | |
"Heliacus cf. planispira" = Heliacus (Astronacus) planispira
"Heliacus cf. planispira" = Heliacus (Astronacus) planispira Pilsbry and Lowe 1932 snail | |
Epitonium (Asperoscala) cf. emydoneus wentletrap
Epitonium sp. Bolten 1798 wentletrap | |
Modulus cerodes snail | |
Cerithium adustum cerith snail
Cerithium uncinatum cerith snail | |
Alaba supralirata Carpenter 1857 snail | |
Vermicularia eburnea turret shell | |
Melanella falcata snail
Melanella cf. hastata snail | |
"Crepidula aculeata" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus, Crepidula arenata
"Crepidula aculeata" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus Gmelin 1791 slipper shell
Crepidula arenata slipper shell | |
Triphora alternata, Triphora chathamensis, Triphora galapagensis, Triphora inconspicua, Metaxia convexa
Triphora alternata snail
Triphora chathamensis snail
Triphora galapagensis snail
Triphora inconspicua snail
Metaxia convexa Cerpenter 1857 snail | |
"Aletes squamigerus" = Thylacodes squamigerus
"Aletes squamigerus" = Thylacodes squamigerus Carpenter 1857 worm shell | |
"Cymatium wiegmanni" = Monoplex wiegmanni
"Cymatium wiegmanni" = Monoplex wiegmanni Anton 1839 triton shell | |
Cypraecassis tenuis Wood 1828 snail | |
"Erato marginata" = Hespererato (Hespererato) marginata
"Erato marginata" = Hespererato (Hespererato) marginata Morch 1860 snail SUBSPECIES: Erato marginata galapagensis
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"Cypraea nigropunctata" = Pseudozonaria nigropunctata
"Cypraea nigropunctata" = Pseudozonaria nigropunctata Gray 1828 cowry | |
"Trivia pacifica" = Niveria (Niveria) pacifica, "Trivia galapagensis" = Pusula (Pusula) galapagensis
"Trivia pacifica" = Niveria (Niveria) pacifica Gray 1832 snail
"Trivia galapagensis" = Pusula (Pusula) galapagensis Melvill 1900 snail | |
"Marginella minor" = Volvarina taeniata
"Marginella minor" = Volvarina taeniata Sowerby 1846 margin shell | |
Morum tuberculosum Sowerby 1885 snail | |
Phyllonotus princeps, Phyllonotus regius, Aspella erosa, Aspella pyramidalis, Acanthina grande, Acanthina muricata, Thais callaoensis, Thais crassa, Thais patula, Thais planospira, Muricopsis dubia, "Tritonalia parva" = Purpura (Tritonalia)
Phyllonotus princeps murex snail
Phyllonotus regius murex snail
Aspella erosa murex snail
Aspella pyramidalis murex snail
Acanthina grande unicorn
Acanthina muricata unicorn
Thais callaoensis murex snail
Thais crassa murex snail
Thais patula murex snail
Thais planospira murex snail
Muricopsis dubia murex snail
"Tritonalia parva" = Purpura (Tritonalia) murex snail | |
"Cypraeolina margaritula" = Granulina margaritula
"Cypraeolina margaritula" = Granulina margaritula Carpenter 1857 snail | |
Mitra funiculata mitre shell
Mitra cf. lens mitre shell
Mitra solitaria mitre shell
Mitra sp. Lamarck 1798 mitre shell
Mitra (Strigatella) tristis mitre shell | |
Olivella gracilis Broderip and Sowerby 1829 olive snail | |
Nassarius versicolor snail | |
Latirus tuberculatus snail
Latirus varicosus snail | |
Anachis incerta snail
Anachis sp. Adams and Adams 1853 snail
Mitrella ocellata snail
Pyrene haemastoma snail | |
"Mangelia sp." = Cythara (Mangelia) Loven 1846 snail
Mangelia hancocki Hertlein and Strong 1939 snail
Agathotoma cf. camarina snail | |
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid | |
Terebra strigata auger snail
Terebra sp. Bruguière 1789 auger snail | |
Daphnella sp. Hinds 1844 snail
Philbertia stonezi snail | |
Conus brunneus cone shell
Conus nux cone shell
Conus purpurascens cone shell
Conus tiarattis cone shell | |
Cancellaria haemastoma snail | |
Polinices uber Valenciennes 1821 moon snail | |
Alvania lara snail
Alvania veleronis Hertlein and Strong 1939 snail
Rissoina dina snail
Rissoina cf. laurae snail
Rissoina signae snail | |
Tectarius galapagiensis periwinkle | |
Hipponix barbatus hoof shell
Cheilea equestris Linnaeus 1758 hoof shell | |
Williamia galapagana pulmonate | |
Tegula cooksoni snail
Tegula snodgrassi snail | |
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840 top snail | |
"Phasianella (Tricolia) perforata" = Tricolia
"Phasianella (Tricolia) perforata" = Tricolia snail | |
Diodora alta snail
Diodora inaequalis Sowerby 1835 snail | |
Pleurobranchus sp. Cuvier 1804 snail | |
Acmaea sp. Eschscholtz 1830 limpet | |
Bivalvia | |
"Mytilus adamsianus" = Brachidontes adamsianus, Lithophaga aristata
"Mytilus adamsianus" = Brachidontes adamsianus Dunker 1857 mussel
Lithophaga aristata Dillwyn 1817 mussel | |
"Ostrea fisheri" = Hyotissa hyotis
"Ostrea fisheri" = Hyotissa hyotis Linnaeus 1758 Honeycomb Oyster | |
Pedalion chemnitzianum oyster | |
"Lima pacifica" = Limaria pacifica
"Lima pacifica" = Limaria pacifica d'Orbigny 1846 file clam | |
"Pecten (Lyropecten) magnificus" = Nodipecten magnificus
"Pecten (Lyropecten) magnificus" = Nodipecten magnificus Sowerby 1835 scallop | |
"Arca (Fossularca) solida" = Arcopsis solida
"Arca (Fossularca) solida" = Arcopsis solida Sowerby I 1833 clam | |
"Arca (Barbatia) reeveana" = Barbatia (Cucullaearca) reeveana, Acar sp., "Arca (Acar) gradata" = Barbatia (Acar) gradata
"Arca (Barbatia) reeveana" = Barbatia (Cucullaearca) reeveana d'Orbigny 1846 clam
Acar sp. Gray 1857 miniature ark
"Arca (Acar) gradata" = Barbatia (Acar) gradata Broderip and Sowerby 1829 miniature ark | |
"Codakia galapagana" = Ctena galapagana
"Codakia galapagana" = Ctena galapagana Dall 1901 clam | |
Transennella galapagana, "Antigona multicostata" = Periglypta multicostata, "Antigona isocardia" = Globivenus isocardia, Chione undatella
Transennella galapagana Hertlein 1939 venus clam
"Antigona multicostata" = Periglypta multicostata Sowerby 1835 venus clam
"Antigona isocardia" = Globivenus isocardia Verrill 1870 venus clam
Chione undatella Sowerby I 1835 venus clam | |
Chama frondosa Broderip 1835 jewel box | |
"Semele punctata" = Semele (Semele) sowerbyi, "Semele rupium" = Semele (Elegantula) rupium
"Semele punctata" = Semele (Semele) sowerbyi Tryon 1869 clam
"Semele rupium" = Semele (Elegantula) rupium Sowerby 1833 clam | |
Kellia suborbicularis Montague 1803 clam | |
"Venericardia megastropha" = Strophocardia megastropha
"Venericardia megastropha" = Strophocardia megastropha Gray 1825 clam |