Araya Formation, Cubagua Island: Late/Upper Pliocene, Venezuela
collected by Landau 2003-2007
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Cancellaria (Bivetiopsia) pachia
Smith 1940
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Architectonica nobilis
Röding 1798
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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Calliostoma (Calliostoma) laticarinatum
(Guppy 1867)
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Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) sp.
Clench and Turner 1960
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Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) olssoni
(Maury 1925)
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Gastropoda
- Turbinidae
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Astralium brevispina
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Turbo (Marmarostoma) castanea
(Gmelin 1791)
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recombined as Turbo (Senectus) castanea | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Batillariidae
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Pyrazisinus sp.
Heilprin 1886
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Vermicularia cf. woodringi
Olsson and Harbison 1953
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Turritella (Broderiptella) caronensis
(Mansfield 1925)
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Turritella (Broderiptella) planigyrata
(Guppy 1867)
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Turritella (Broderiptella) bifastigata
(Nelson 1870)
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SUBSPECIES: Turritella (Broderiptella) bifastigata | ||||||||||
Turritella (Bactrospira) guppyi
(Cossmann 1909)
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original and current combination Turritella guppyi | ||||||||||
Turritella abrupta
(Spieker 1922)
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Gastropoda
- Modulidae
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Modulus tamanensis
Maury 1925
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Gastropoda
- Potamididae
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Tympanotonos sp.
Schumacher 1817
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crepidula cf. maculosa
Conrad 1846
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Crucibulum (Crucibulum) subsutum
(Guppy 1867)
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original and current combination Crucibulum subsutum | ||||||||||
Crucibulum (Crucibulum) sp.
Schumacher 1817
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Crucibulum (Dispotaea) sp.
(Say 1824)
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Calyptraea centralis
(Conrad 1841)
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Scalina brunneopicta
(Dall 1908)
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polinices (Polinices) sp.
Montfort 1810
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Polinices (Polinices) stanislasmeunieri
(Maury 1917)
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original and current combination Polinices stanislasmeunieri | ||||||||||
Stigmaulax beaumonti
(Rutsch 1934)
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Naticarius canrena
(Linnaeus 1758)
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SUBSPECIES: Naticarius canrena canrena | ||||||||||
Sinum gabbi
(Brown and Pilsbry 1913)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Strombina (Strombina) cartagenensis
(Pilsbry and Brown 1917)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Fusinus cf. springvalensis
(Maury 1925)
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Fusinus vonderschmidti
(Rutsch 1934)
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Fasciolaria goragasiana
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Nassarius trinitatensis
Jung 1969
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Trajana (Nerva) aff. woodringi
Vokes 1969
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Gordanops baranoanus
(Anderson 1929)
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Calophos aff. plicatilis
(Bose 1906)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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"Hesperisternia" sp.
Gardner 1944
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Hesperisternia corrugata
(Gabb 1873)
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Hesperisternia karinae
(Nowell-Usticke 1959)
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Hesperisternia tortugera
(Olsson 1922)
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Solenosteira (Fusinosteira) falconensis
(Weisbord 1929)
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Solenosteira magdalenensis
(Weisbord 1929)
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Strombinophos perdoctus
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Melongena consors
(Sowerby 1850)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Cancellaria (Pyruclia) scheibei
(Anderson 1929)
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recombined as Pyruclia scheibei | ||||||||||
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Cancellaria (Cancellaria) capeloi
Landau et al. 2007
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Cancellaria (Euclia) codazzii
(Anderson 1929)
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recombined as Euclia codazzii | ||||||||||
Cancellaria (Euclia) montserratensis
(Maury 1925)
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recombined as Euclia montserratensis | ||||||||||
Cancellaria (Euclia) leuzingeri
(Rutsch 1934)
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recombined as Euclia leuzingeri | ||||||||||
Trigonostoma (Ventrilia) rucksorum
(Petuch 1994)
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original and current combination Ventrilia rucksorum | ||||||||||
Cancellaria (Massyla) cubaguensis
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original and current combination Massyla | ||||||||||
Cancellaria (Charcolleria) terryi
Olsson 1942
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recombined as Massyla terryi | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mitridae
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Subcancilla longa
(Gabb 1873)
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SUBSPECIES: Subcancilla longa couvensis | ||||||||||
Mitra sanctifrancisci
Maury 1925
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recombined as Fusimitra sanctifrancisci | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Drilliidae
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Cerodrillia niaddrina
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Crassispira (Crassispira) caroniana
(Maury 1925)
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recombined as Hindsiclava caroniana | ||||||||||
Clathrodrillia cf. tityra
Woodring 1928
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Clathrodrillia gatunensis
(Toula 1909)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Strioterebrum weisbordi
Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 1984
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Terebra aclinica
(Olsson 1967)
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Terebra lehneri
Rutsch 1934
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus walli
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Conus oniscus
(Woodring 1928)
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Conus imitator
Brown and Pilsbry 1911
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Conus cf. ultimus
(Pilsbry and Johnson 1917)
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Conus spurius
Gmelin 1791
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Polystira sp.
Woodring 1928
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Oliva tubaraensis
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Oliva informal sp. 1
Bruguière 1789
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Oliva immortua
(Pilsbry and Brown 1917)
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Oliva reticularis
Lamarck 1811
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Ancillariidae
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Eburna caroniana
(Maury 1925)
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Eburna speciosa
(Rutsch 1934)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Costellariidae
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Knefastia sp.
Dall 1919
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Fusiturricula springvaleensis
(Mansfield 1925)
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Conomitra lavelana
Hodson 1931
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turbinellidae
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Vasum haitense
(Sowerby 1850)
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recombined as Vasum haitensis | ||||||||||
Turbinella trinitatis
(Maury 1925)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Prunum sp.
Swainson 1840
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Prunum calypsonis
(Maury 1925)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Voluta cubaguanensis
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Poirieria (Panamurex) eugeniae
Vokes 1992
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Poirieria (Panamurex) gatunensis
(Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
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Vokesimurex messorius
(Sowerby 1841)
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Haustellum mimiwilsoni
Vokes 1990
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Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus
(Guppy 1876)
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recombined as Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus | ||||||||||
Stramonita "biserialis"
(de Blainville 1832)
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recombined as Thais biserialis | ||||||||||
Coralliophila aff. meyerdorffii
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Eupleura muriciformis
(Broderip 1833)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cystiscidae
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Persicula sp.
Schumacher 1817
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Persicula lavelana
(Hodson 1927)
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus (Strombus) aff. floridanus
Mansfield 1930
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Persististrombus granulatus
(Swainson 1822)
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Gastropoda
- Pediculariidae
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Jenneria loxahatcheensis
(Smith 1936)
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Gastropoda
- Triviidae
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Niveria pediculus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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recombined as Pusula pediculus | ||||||||||
Pusula radians
(Lamarck 1810)
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SUBSPECIES: Pusula radians orientalis | ||||||||||
= Pusula orientalis
Schilder 1939
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Landau and Marques da Silva 2010 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Zonaria (Zonaria) cf. spurcoides
(Gabb 1873)
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recombined as Zonaria spurcoides | ||||||||||
Muracypraea caroniensis
(Maury 1925)
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Zonaria (Zonaria) raymondrobertsi
(Pilsbry 1922)
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recombined as Pseudozonaria raymondrobertsi | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Tonnidae
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Malea sp.
Valenciennes 1833
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= Malea beui n. sp.
Landau and Marques da Silva 2010
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Landau and Marques da Silva 2010 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Personidae
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Distorsio macgintyi
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Distorsio clathrata
(Lamarck 1816)
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Gastropoda
- Bursidae
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Marsupina bufo
(Bruguiére 1792)
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Bursa rugosa
(Sowerby 1835)
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Sconsia sublaevigata
(Guppy 1866)
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synonym of Sconsia grayi | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Ranellidae
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Cymatium (Linatella) cingulatum
(Lamarck 1822)
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synonym of Linatella caudata | ||||||||||
Cymatium (Monoplex) krebsii
(Mörch 1877)
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recombined as Monoplex krebsii | ||||||||||
Cymatium (Monoplex) cercadicum
(Maury 1917)
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recombined as Monoplex cercadicus | ||||||||||
Cymatium (Turritriton) domingense
(Gabb 1873)
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recombined as Turritriton domingensis | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Ficidae
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Ficus carbasea
(Guppy 1866)
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Gastropoda
- Vermetidae
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Petaloconchus sculpturatus
Lea 1846
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SUBSPECIES: Petaloconchus sculpturatus alcimus | ||||||||||
Serpulorbis decussatus
(Gmelin 1791)
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Serpulorbis papulosus
(Guppy 1866)
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Gastropoda
- Pseudomelaniidae
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Crassispira (Crassispira) cf. tyloessa
Woodring 1970
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recombined as Crassispira tyloessa | ||||||||||
Crassispira (Crassispira) informal sp. 1
Swainson 1840
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Venezuela |
Coordinates: | 10.8° North, 64.2° West (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 10.7° North, 63.6° West |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Geographic resolution: | basin |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pliocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Cubagua | Formation: | Araya | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Araya Fm of the Cubagua Gp (Late Miocene-Pliocene), which overlies the La Güica Fm. THICKNESS: From a formation that has a maximum thickness of 164 m at its type section. AGE: Late Pliocene on the basis of planktonic foraminifera. Belongs to the Globoratalia miocenica zone(3.2-2.4 Ma) according to Castro and Mederos, 1997. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: A composite list for the formation in this region. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | fine poorly lithified sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Poorly consolidated fossiliferous fine sand. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified (or unlithified) on the basis of facies description. | |
Environment: | coastal indet. |
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Tropical shallow-marine environment of normal salinity and with a sandy substrate. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Collectors: | Landau | Collection dates: | 2003-2007 |
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: B. Landau and colleagues, over "last five years". REPOSITORY: Not stated, but possibly Centro de Geologia da Universidad de Lisboa, Camp Grande, Portugal. | |||
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda. Does not include other mollusca. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature and including systematic revision of other neighboring Caribbean assemblages. |
Metadata
Database number: | 79710 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2008-03-18 22:40:59 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2009-03-18 22:40:59 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
26791. | B. Landau, G. Vermeij, and C. M. Silva. 2008. Southern Caribbean Neogene palaebiogeography revisisted. New data from the Pliocene of Cubagua, Venezuela. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 257:445-461 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
36423 | B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva. 2010. Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy. Palaeontos 19:1-221 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
16604 | W. P. Woodring. 1928. Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 2: Gastropods and discussion of results. Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies [A. Miller/A. Hendy/M. Uhen] |