NMB Loc. 17542 - Laguna Boca Chica [Boca Chica Fm] (Holocene of Venezuela)

Also known as GS-009-ARY

Where: Venezuela (10.6° N, 64.0° W: paleocoordinates 10.6° N, 64.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Boca Chica Formation, Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From unnamed stratigraphic unit, for which lithsotratigraphic relations are not discussed; subsequent publications refer to this as the Boca Chica Formation. AGE: Holocene; justification not stated in text. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within section.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified siliciclastic sediments

• No paleoenvironmental data provided.
• LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, presumed. LITHOLOGY: No lithologic data provided, but assumed to be siliciclastic.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by J. & W. Gibson-Smith in 1976; reposited in the NMB

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: J. & W. Gibson-Smith, Dec. 1976. REPOSITORY: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland (NMB).

Primary reference: J. Gibson-Smith and W. Gibson-Smith. 2012. Unpublished notes on Caribbean collection of Jack and Winifred Gibson-Smith, Naturhistorisches Museum Basel. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 131223: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.07.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for mollusca. NOMENCLATURE: Unpublished data, but with species-resolution identifications, and modern nomenclature. COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in text.
unclassified
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Bivalvia
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
 Pholadida - Teredinidae
Kuphus incrassatus Gabb 1873 clam
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama macerophylla Gmelin 1791 jewel box
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta punctata Say 1822 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Macrocallista (Megapitaria) maculata" = Macrocallista maculata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
Chione cancellata Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
Dosinia (Dosinia) concentrica Born 1778 venus clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Eurytellina (Eurytellina) punicea Born 1778 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Semele proficua Pulteney 1799 clam
 Cardiida - Solecurtidae
Tagelus (Mesopleura) divisus Spengler 1794 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Americardia media Linnaeaus 1758 cockle
"Laevicardium laevigatum" = Laevicardium serratum Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Parvilucina costata d'Orbigny 1846 clam
Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca (Arca) zebra" = Byssoarca zebra, "Anadara (Caloosarca) notabilis" = Anadara (Larkinia) notabilis
"Arca (Arca) zebra" = Byssoarca zebra Swainson 1833 ark
"Anadara (Caloosarca) notabilis" = Anadara (Larkinia) notabilis Röding 1798 ark
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pectinidae sp. Wilkes 1810 scallop
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Cubitostrea rugifera Dall 1898 oyster
Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Acteocina sp. Gray 1847 barrel-bubble
 Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
 Neritoidea - Phenacolepadidae
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
"Nerita (Nerita) fulgurans" = Nerita (Theliostyla) fulgurans
"Nerita (Nerita) fulgurans" = Nerita (Theliostyla) fulgurans Gmelin 1791 snail
 Cerithioidea - Litiopidae
Alaba incerta d'Orbigny 1842 snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium (Thericium) cf. eburneum Bruguière 1792 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella (Broderiptella) cf. variegata Linnaeus 1758 turret shell
Vermicularia sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Diastomatidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Caecidae
Caecum sp. Fleming 1813 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
Alvania (Alvania) sp. Risso 1826 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
Monoplex parthenopeus von Salis Marschlins 1793 triton shell
Monoplex krebsii Mörch 1877 triton shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Strombus (Strombus) pugilis Linnaeus 1758 conch
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Prunum (Prunum) circumvittatum Weisbord 1962 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae
Granulina cf. ovuliformis d'Orbigny 1842 snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
"Colubraria lanceolata" = Tritonoharpa lanceolata
"Colubraria lanceolata" = Tritonoharpa lanceolata Menke 1828 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus jaspideus Gmelin 1791 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Clathrodrillia gibbosa Reeve 1843 snail
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
"Oliva (Oliva) reticularis" = Oliva reticularis
"Oliva (Oliva) reticularis" = Oliva reticularis Lamarck 1811 olive snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Perissityidae
Pisania auritula true whelk
Leucozonia nassa Gmelin 1791 true whelk
Fusinus closter Philippi 1850 true whelk
Melongena melongena Linnaeus 1758 true whelk
Pallacera cf. guadelupensis Petit 1852 true whelk
 Caenogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Polinices lacteus, "Natica (Naticarius) canrena" = Naticarius canrena, Sinum perspectivum
Polinices lacteus Guilding 1834 moon snail
"Natica (Naticarius) canrena" = Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
Sinum perspectivum Say 1831 moon snail
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Diodora cayenensis Lamarck 1822 snail
 Trochoidea - Tegulidae
"Tegula (Agathistoma) puntagordana" = Agathistoma, "Tegula (Agathistoma) viridula" = Agathistoma viridula
"Tegula (Agathistoma) puntagordana" = Agathistoma snail
"Tegula (Agathistoma) viridula" = Agathistoma viridula Gmelin 1791 snail
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Turbo (Marmarostoma) castanea" = Turbo (Senectus) castanea, Arene sp.
"Turbo (Marmarostoma) castanea" = Turbo (Senectus) castanea Gmelin 1791 snail
Arene sp. Adams and Adams 1854 snail
 Trochoidea - Phasianellidae
Tricolia sp. Risso 1826 snail
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae