Where: Japan (34.4° N, 136.8° E: paleocoordinates 34.4° N, 136.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Sakishima Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Sakishima Fm, the highest of three Pleistocene terraces developed in the Shima Peninsula. Previously referred to as the Ugata Fm and Kiba Silt. Correlated to the Atsumi Fm. AGE: Pleistocene in text, but placed in Late Pleistocene on the basis of stratigraphic position. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Presumably from the silt-sand near the base of the section (0-2 m in Fig. 2 of Itoigawa and Ogawa, 1973)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; unlithified, sandy siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Ogawa in 1967
Collection methods: bulk,
• COLLECTOR: H. Ogawa, 1973. REPOSITORY: Not stated, but presumably Tokohu University.
Primary reference: J. Itoigawa and H. Ogawa. 1973. Pleistocene molluscan fauna of the Sakishima Formation, Shima Peninsula, central Japan. Tohoku University, Science Reports, 2nd series (Geology), Special Volume (6)69-80 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 97961: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 10.09.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Alvenius ojianus, Borniopsis tsurumaru, Nipponomysella oblongata, Nipponomysella subtruncata, Nordotis gigantea, Sinusicola yendoi, Costalynia costulata, Pygmaeorota cingulifera, Pygmaeorota duplicata, Clathrofenella asperulata, Eufenella pupoides, Australaba picta, Bedevina birileffi, Mitroprifex collinsoni, Enginopsis menkeana, Pseudotrema fortilirata, Granuliterebra bathyraphe, Turbiniscala replicata, Laeviscala angusta, Cuspeulima ozawai, Numaegilina gloria, Numaegilina sp., Sulcoturbilla quantoana, Strigopupa strigosa, Eocylichna braunsi, Decorifer yamakawai
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Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium (Paradentalium) octangulatum tusk shell | |
Siphonodentalium sp. Sars 1859 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
"Pictoneritina oulaniensis" = Clithon (Pictoneritina)
"Pictoneritina oulaniensis" = Clithon (Pictoneritina) snail | |
Acmaea sp. Eschscholtz 1830 limpet | |
Leucotina dianae snail | |
Cingulina cingulata, Turbonilla "sp. 1", Turbonilla "sp. 2", Odostomia sp., "Oscilla circincta" = Odostomia (Oscilla), "Oscilla lirata" = Odostomia (Oscilla), Syrnola subsinctella, Syrnola aff. kurumana, Chemnitzia "sp. 1", Chemnitzia "sp. 2", Chemnitzia "sp. 3", Chrysallida sp., Miralda gemma, Miralda "sp. 1", Miralda "sp. 2", Paramormula sp., Dunkeria shigeyasui
Cingulina cingulata snail
Turbonilla "sp. 1" Risso 1826 snail
Turbonilla "sp. 2" Risso 1826 snail
Odostomia sp. Fleming 1817 snail
"Oscilla circincta" = Odostomia (Oscilla) snail
"Oscilla lirata" = Odostomia (Oscilla) snail
Syrnola subsinctella snail
Syrnola aff. kurumana snail
Chemnitzia "sp. 1" d'Orbigny 1840 snail
Chemnitzia "sp. 2" d'Orbigny 1840 snail
Chemnitzia "sp. 3" d'Orbigny 1840 snail
Chrysallida sp. Carpenter 1856 snail
Miralda gemma snail
Miralda "sp. 1" Carpenter 1856 snail
Miralda "sp. 2" Carpenter 1856 snail
Paramormula sp. Nomura 1939 snail
Dunkeria shigeyasui snail | |
Monodonta labio Linnaeus 1758 top snail | |
"Lunella granulata" = Turbo (Lunella), Astralium haematragum
"Lunella granulata" = Turbo (Lunella) snail
Astralium haematragum snail | |
Tegula rustica snail | |
Scissurella staminea snail | |
Diodora mus Reeve 1850 snail | |
Actaeopyramis lauta snail | |
Coelophysis (Sulcoretusa) minima, Rhizorus radiolus, "Coelophysis succincta" = Retusa (Coleophysis), "Coelophysis concentrica" = Retusa (Coleophysis)
Rhizorus radiolus snail
"Coelophysis succincta" = Retusa (Coleophysis) snail
"Coelophysis concentrica" = Retusa (Coleophysis) snail | |
Philine argentata snail
Acteocina exilis barrel-bubble | |
Tiberia dunkerii snail
Egilina mariellaeformis snail | |
Diala vaira snail | |
Bittium alutraceum cerith snail
Bittium craticulatum cerith snail
"Contumax kobelti" = Cerithium (Contumax) cerith snail | |
"Turritella kurosio" = Haustator (Kurosioia) kurosio
"Turritella kurosio" = Haustator (Kurosioia) kurosio Ida 1952 turret shell | |
Scaliola glareosa snail
Scaliola bella Adams 1860 snail | |
Batillaria multiformis snail | |
Mucronalia exilis snail
Balcis cumingii snail
Balcis "sp. 1" Leach 1847 snail
Balcis "sp. 2" Leach 1847 snail
Balcis "sp. 3" Leach 1847 snail | |
Inquisitor jeffreysii snail | |
"Crepidula aff. gravispinosa" = Crepidula (Bostrycapulus) gravispinosus, "Siphopatella walshi" = Ergaea walshi
"Crepidula aff. gravispinosa" = Crepidula (Bostrycapulus) gravispinosus Kuroda and Habe 1950 slipper shell
"Siphopatella walshi" = Ergaea walshi Reeve 1859 slipper shell | |
Neverita (Glossaulax) hosoyai, Neverita (Glossaulax) reiniana, "Neverita (Glossaulax) didyma" = Glossaulax didyma, Tectonatica adamsiana
Neverita (Glossaulax) hosoyai moon snail
Neverita (Glossaulax) reiniana moon snail
"Neverita (Glossaulax) didyma" = Glossaulax didyma Röding 1798 moon snail
Tectonatica adamsiana moon snail | |
Littorina brevicula periwinkle | |
Pseudoliotia pulchella snail | |
Rapana venosa, "Mancinella luteostoma" = Thais (Mancinella)
Rapana venosa murex snail
"Mancinella luteostoma" = Thais (Mancinella) murex snail | |
Paradrillia inconstans ribbed mitre | |
Babylonia japonica Reeve 1842 true whelk
Siphonalia sp. Adams 1863 true whelk
Siphonalia aff. cassidariaeformis Reeve 1843 true whelk | |
Reticunassa japonica snail
"Niotha livescens" = Nassarius (Niotha) snail
"Hinia festiva" = Nassarius (Hinia) snail | |
Sydaphera spengleriana snail | |
Cythara sp., "Mangelia (Rissomangelia) deshayesii" = Cythara (Mangelia)
Cythara sp. Schumacher 1817 snail
"Mangelia (Rissomangelia) deshayesii" = Cythara (Mangelia) snail | |
Semicassis sp. Mörch 1852 snail | |
Triphora "sp. 1" Blainville 1828 snail
Triphora "sp. 2" Blainville 1828 snail
Triphora "sp. 3" Blainville 1828 snail | |
"Brochina glabella" = Caecum (Brochina)
"Brochina glabella" = Caecum (Brochina) snail | |
Assiminea castanea snail
Assiminea estuarina snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Nucula paulula nut clam | |
Pillucina pisidium clam
"Lucinoma annulata" = Lucinoma annulatum Reeve 1850 clam | |
Dinocardium braunsi cockle
Fulvia mutica Reeve 1844 cockle
"Vasticardium sp." = Acrosterigma (Vasticardium) Iredale 1927 cockle | |
Theora lata clam | |
Cycladicama cumingii clam | |
Atactodea stricta clam | |
Sunetta (Cyclosunetta) sp., Saxidomus purpuratus, Paphia vernicosa, Tapes (Amygdala) philippinarum, Dosinia (Dosinella) penicillata, Dosinia (Phacosoma) japonica, Circe sp., "Microcirce dilecta" = Circe (Microcirce)
Sunetta (Cyclosunetta) sp. Fischer-Piette 1939 venus clam
Saxidomus purpuratus venus clam
Paphia vernicosa venus clam
Tapes (Amygdala) philippinarum venus clam
Dosinia (Dosinella) penicillata venus clam
Dosinia (Phacosoma) japonica venus clam
Circe sp. Schumacher 1817 venus clam
"Microcirce dilecta" = Circe (Microcirce) venus clam | |
Chama reflexa Reeve 1846 jewel box | |
Cryptomya busoensis softshell clam
Venatomya truncata softshell clam | |
"Varicorbula yokoyamai" = Corbula (Varicorbula), "Anisocorbula venusta" = Corbula (Anisocorbula)
"Varicorbula yokoyamai" = Corbula (Varicorbula) clam
"Anisocorbula venusta" = Corbula (Anisocorbula) clam | |
Cardita leana clam | |
"Striarca (Galactella) symmetrica" = Arcopsis symmetrica
"Striarca (Galactella) symmetrica" = Arcopsis symmetrica Reeve 1844 clam | |
"Anadara (Scapharca) broughtonii" = Scapharca broughtoni, "Mabellarca hiratai" = Anadara (Mabellarca), "Arca (Tegillarca) granosa" = Anadara (Tegillarca) granosa, Striarca (Spinearca) interplicata, Striarca (Didimarca) tenebrica, Barbatia (Abarbatia) decussata
"Anadara (Scapharca) broughtonii" = Scapharca broughtoni Schrenck 1867 clam
"Mabellarca hiratai" = Anadara (Mabellarca) ark
"Arca (Tegillarca) granosa" = Anadara (Tegillarca) granosa Linnaeus 1758 ark | |
Ostrea denselamellosa oyster | |
"Pecten (Notovola) aff. excavatus" = Pecten (Pecten) excavatus
"Pecten (Notovola) aff. excavatus" = Pecten (Pecten) excavatus Anton 1839 scallop | |
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
Musculus sp. Roding 1798 mussel |