PBDB Collection

Marine Bivalvia of Kuluvenskaya Suite in western Kamchatka (Miocene to of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (58.5° N, 159.2° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 61.5° N, 155.2° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Kuluvenskaya Formation, Aquitanian to Aquitanian (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• Stratotype of the Kuluven Horizon in western Kamchatka.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, tuffaceous sandstone

• Tuffaceous sandstones with interbeds of tuffs, tuffites, claystones and conglomerates. Thickness 500m.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. I. Kafanov and K. Ogasawara. 2004. Neogene and Paleogene Molluscan (Bivalvia) Cenozones of the Russian Northeast. Science Reports of the Institute of Geoscience, University of Tsukuba, Section B 25:9-45 [W. Kiessling/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 50041: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 05.05.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
Nuculanida - Yoldiidae	Yoldia (Cnesterium) nabiliana, Yoldia (Yoldia) chojensis, Yoldia (Yoldia) rostriformis Yoldia (Cnesterium) nabiliana clam Yoldia (Yoldia) chojensis clam Yoldia (Yoldia) rostriformis Gladenkov 1984 clam
Nuculanida - Sareptidae	Megayoldia (Megayoldia) thraciaeformis, Megayoldia (Portlandella) orientalis Megayoldia (Megayoldia) thraciaeformis Storer 1838 clam Megayoldia (Portlandella) orientalis clam
Nuculanida - Malletiidae	Malletia wajampolkensis Malletia wajampolkensis clam
Nuculanida - Nuculanidae	"Nuculana (Saccella) wajampolkana" = Saccella, "Nuculana (Saccella) cf. wajampolkana" = Saccella, Nuculana (Epacroleda) slodkewitschi, Nuculana (Nuculana) majamraphensis, Nuculana (Nuculana) majanatschensis "Nuculana (Saccella) wajampolkana" = Saccella pointed nut clam "Nuculana (Saccella) cf. wajampolkana" = Saccella pointed nut clam Nuculana (Epacroleda) slodkewitschi pointed nut clam Nuculana (Nuculana) majamraphensis pointed nut clam Nuculana (Nuculana) majanatschensis pointed nut clam
Nuculida - Nuculidae	Leionucula kryshtofovichii Leionucula kryshtofovichii nut clam
Mytilida - Mytilidae	Mytilus (Tumidimytilus) addicotti, "Mytilus (? Tumidimytilus) ochotensis" = Mytilus ochotensis, Modiolus wajampolkensis Mytilus (Tumidimytilus) addicotti Kafanov 1985 mussel "Mytilus (? Tumidimytilus) ochotensis" = Mytilus ochotensis Slodkewitsch 1936 mussel Modiolus wajampolkensis Slodkewitsch 1936 mussel
Arcida - Glycymerididae	Glycymeris (Glycymeris) cf. slodkewitschi Glycymeris (Glycymeris) cf. slodkewitschi clam
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	"Chlamys (Mimachlamys) meisensis" = Mimachlamys meisensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) wajampolkensis, Chlamys (Chlamys) cf. tamurae "Chlamys (Mimachlamys) meisensis" = Mimachlamys meisensis Makiyama 1926 scallop Chlamys (Chlamys) wajampolkensis Sinelnikova 1984 scallop Chlamys (Chlamys) cf. tamurae Masuda and Sawada 1961 scallop
Pectinida - Limidae	"Limatula subauriculata" = Lima subauriculata "Limatula subauriculata" = Lima subauriculata Montagu 1808 file clam
Pectinida - Anomiidae	Monia macrochisma Monia macrochisma Deshayes 1839 scallop
Carditida - Carditidae	Megacardita chukotica, Cyclocardia antiqua, Cyclocardia cf. yakatagensis, Ainicardita gini, Ainicardita slodkevichi, Lunulicardita snatolana Megacardita chukotica clam Cyclocardia antiqua clam Cyclocardia cf. yakatagensis clam Ainicardita gini clam Ainicardita slodkevichi clam Lunulicardita snatolana clam
Carditida - Crassatellidae	Eucrassatella kuluvensis Eucrassatella kuluvensis clam
Lucinida - Lucinidae	Lucinoma kamtschatica, Lucinoma acutilineata, "Lucinoma cf. annulata" = Lucinoma annulatum Lucinoma kamtschatica clam Lucinoma acutilineata Conrad 1849 clam "Lucinoma cf. annulata" = Lucinoma annulatum Reeve 1850 clam
Lucinida - Thyasiridae	Conchocele bisecta Conchocele bisecta Conrad 1849 clam
Pandorida - Pandoridae	Pandora (Pandorella) wajampolkensis Pandora (Pandorella) wajampolkensis clam
Thraciida - Thraciidae	Thracia (Thracia) kavranensis Thracia (Thracia) kavranensis clam
Thraciida - Periplomatidae	Periploma cf. pulchella, Periploma (Aelga) besshoensis, Periploma (Aelga) yokoyamai, Periploma (Aelga) cf. yokoyamai Periploma cf. pulchella Hatai and Nisiyama 1949 clam Periploma (Aelga) besshoensis clam Periploma (Aelga) yokoyamai clam Periploma (Aelga) cf. yokoyamai clam
Pholadida - Myidae	Mya (Arenomya) cf. grewingki, Mya (Mya) cuneiformis Mya (Arenomya) cf. grewingki Makiyama 1934 softshell clam Mya (Mya) cuneiformis Bohm 1915 softshell clam
Pholadida - Pholadidae	Penitella kotakae Penitella kotakae clam
Cardiida - Cardiidae	Laevicardium majanatschense, "Keenocardium kuluvense" = Clinocardium (Keenocardium), "Keenocardium menneri" = Clinocardium (Keenocardium) Laevicardium majanatschense cockle "Keenocardium kuluvense" = Clinocardium (Keenocardium) cockle "Keenocardium menneri" = Clinocardium (Keenocardium) cockle
Cardiida - Tellinidae	"Leporimetis cf. slodkewitschi" = Psammotreta (Leporimetis), "Macoma cf. calcarea" = Macoma (Macoma) calcarea, Macoma simizuensis, Macoma osakaensis, Megangulus pulchrus "Leporimetis cf. slodkewitschi" = Psammotreta (Leporimetis) tellin clam "Macoma cf. calcarea" = Macoma (Macoma) calcarea Gmelin 1792 tellin clam Macoma simizuensis Krishtofovich 1957 tellin clam Macoma osakaensis Krishtofovich 1957 tellin clam Megangulus pulchrus Slodkewitsch 1938 tellin clam
Cardiida - Ungulinidae	Diplodonta cf. orbella Diplodonta cf. orbella Gould 1851 clam
Cardiida - Mactridae	Mactromeris polynyma Mactromeris polynyma Stimpson 1860 clam
Cardiida - Veneridae	Amiantis penjicus, Liocyma fluctuosa Amiantis penjicus venus clam Liocyma fluctuosa Gould 1841 venus clam