Where: Eritrea (15.2° N, 39.7° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 14.9° N, 39.7° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: S. Nardini. 1934. Molluschi delle spiagge emerse del Mar Rosso e dell'Oceano Indiano, introduzione e parte I (gasteropodi) [Mollusks from raised beaches bordering the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, introduction and part I (gastropods)]. Palaeontographia Italica 34:171-267 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 101417: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.12.2010
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Pyrula paradisiaca nodosa fig shell | |
Nerita undata striata snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Gastropoda | |
"Turbo petholatus" = Turbo (Turbo) petholatus
"Turbo petholatus" = Turbo (Turbo) petholatus Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Pyramidella turrita snail | |
"Nerita albicilla" = Nerita (Theliostyla) albicilla
"Nerita albicilla" = Nerita (Theliostyla) albicilla Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
"Haminea paulae n. sp." = Haminoea
"Haminea paulae n. sp." = Haminoea snail | |
Natica mammilla moon snail | |
Conus arenatus Hwass in BruguiƩre 1792 cone shell | |
"Ancilla cinnamomea" = Ancilla (Sparella) cinnamomea
"Ancilla cinnamomea" = Ancilla (Sparella) cinnamomea Lamarck 1801 olive snail | |
Murex anguliferus murex snail | |
Marginella terveriana margin shell
Marginella cypraeaeformis n. sp. Nardini 1934 margin shell | |
Nassa coronata true whelk | |
"Nassa arcularia" = Nassarius (Nassarius) arcularia
"Nassa arcularia" = Nassarius (Nassarius) arcularia Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
"Cypraea turdus" = Erosaria turdus, "Cypraea eburnea" = Erosaria eburnea
"Cypraea turdus" = Erosaria turdus Lamarck 1810 cowry
"Cypraea eburnea" = Erosaria eburnea Barnes 1824 Ivory Cowry | |
"Rostellaria curvirostris" = Tibia, Strombus fasciatus
"Rostellaria curvirostris" = Tibia true conch
Strombus fasciatus Born 1778 conch | |
Bittium parvulum n. sp. Nardini 1934 cerith snail
Cerithium clypeomorus cerith snail
Cerithium aff. dubium cerith snail | |
Planaxis griseum snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Corbula socialis" = Corbula (Anisocorbula) socialis
"Corbula socialis" = Corbula (Anisocorbula) socialis Martin 1879 clam | |
Mesodesma glabrata clam | |
Hemicardium hemicardium, "Tridacna gigas" = Tridacna (Tridacna) gigas
Hemicardium hemicardium cockle
"Tridacna gigas" = Tridacna (Tridacna) gigas Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
"Arca plicata" = Acar plicata, "Barbatia fusca" = Barbatia (Ustularca) fusca
"Arca plicata" = Acar plicata Dillwyn 1817 miniature ark
"Barbatia fusca" = Barbatia (Ustularca) fusca BruguiƩre 1792 clam | |
"Mytilus bilocularis" = Septifer bilocularis, "Mytilus variabilis" = Brachidontes (Brachidontes) variabilis
"Mytilus bilocularis" = Septifer bilocularis Linnaeus 1758 mussel
"Mytilus variabilis" = Brachidontes (Brachidontes) variabilis Krauss 1848 mussel |