Also known as Column 15
Where: Mozambique (23.9° S, 35.4° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 24.2° S, 35.4° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed in text. AGE: Pleistocene, presumably. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Unknown. Originally reported by Cox, 1939.
Primary reference: K. H. Barnard. 1962. Revised list of South African late Tertiary and Pleistocene marine Mollusca. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 36(4):179-196 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 122947: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 07.01.2012
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Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Chloromytilus meridionalis Krauss 1848 mussel
Septifer bilocularis Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
"Arca avellana" = Lamarcka avellana, "Arca plicata" = Acar plicata, Arca morrumbenenesis, Arca obliquata, Arca navicularis
"Arca avellana" = Lamarcka avellana Lamarck 1819 clam
"Arca plicata" = Acar plicata Dillwyn 1817 miniature ark
Arca obliquata ark
Arca navicularis Bruguière 1789 ark | |
Spondylus hystrix Roeding 1798 scallop
Chlamys tinctus scallop
"Chlamys senatorius" = Mimachlamys senatoria Gmelin 1791 scallop | |
"Ostrea cucullata" = Saccostrea cuccullata
"Ostrea cucullata" = Saccostrea cuccullata Born 1778 oyster | |
Cardita variegata Bruguière 1792 clam | |
Loripes rosacea clam | |
"Glycimeris queketti" = Glycymeris, "Glycimeris africana" = Glycymeris
"Glycimeris queketti" = Glycymeris clam
"Glycimeris africana" = Glycymeris clam | |
Donax bipartitus clam | |
Tivela polita venus clam
Tivela natalensis venus clam
Gafrarium pectinatum Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
Sunetta contempta venus clam
Dosinia hepatica venus clam | |
Chama corbieri jewel box | |
Gastropoda | |
"Cerithium obeliscus" = Rhinoclavis sinensis
"Cerithium obeliscus" = Rhinoclavis sinensis Gmelin 1791 cerith snail | |
"Cypraea felina" = Erronea (Melicerona) felina, "Cypraea erosa" = Naria erosa, "Cypraea nucleus" = Cypraea (Staphylaea) nucleus, "Cypraea caputserpentis" = Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis, "Cypraea helveola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola, "Cypraea arabica" = Mauritia arabica
"Cypraea felina" = Erronea (Melicerona) felina Gmelin 1791 cowry
"Cypraea erosa" = Naria erosa Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea nucleus" = Cypraea (Staphylaea) nucleus Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea caputserpentis" = Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea helveola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea arabica" = Mauritia arabica Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
"Cymatium pileare" = Monoplex pilearis
"Cymatium pileare" = Monoplex pilearis Linnaeus 1758 triton shell | |
Bullia natalensis snail
Bullia mozambicensis snail | |
Peristernia leucothea snail | |
Oliva bulbosa olive snail | |
Conus aurora cone shell
Conus lividus Bruguière 1792 cone shell
Conus catus Hwass in Bruguiére 1792 cone shell | |
Terebra marmarata auger snail | |
Mitra aurantia mitre shell
Mitra litterata Lamarck 1811 mitre shell | |
"Pusia osiridis" = Vexillum (Pusia)
"Pusia osiridis" = Vexillum (Pusia) ribbed mitre | |
"Polynices didyma" = Polinices
"Polynices didyma" = Polinices moon snail | |
"Amblychilepas scutella" = Amblychilepas scutellum
"Amblychilepas scutella" = Amblychilepas scutellum Gmelin 1791 snail | |
Trochus radiatus Gmelin 1792 top snail | |
Turbo natalensis snail | |
Phasianella kochi snail | |
Amalthea barbata snail | |
Siphonaria capensis Quoy and Gaimard 1833 pulmonate |