Houma: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Tonga
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Antigona reticulata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| recombined as Periglypta reticulata | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus glans
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Conus flavidus
Lamarck 1810
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Cypraea lynx
Linnaeus 1758
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| recombined as Cypraea (Lyncina) lynx | ||||||||||
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Cypraea argus
Linnaeus 1758
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| recombined as Arestorides argus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Trochus obeliscus
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Trochus incrassatus
Lamarck 1822
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| recombined as Trochus (Trochus) incrassatus | ||||||||||
| subsp. creniferus | ||||||||||
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Trochus tubiferus
Kiener 1880
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| recombined as Infundibulum tubiferus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turbinidae
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Turbo crassus
Wood 1828
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| recombined as Turbo (Marmarostoma) crassus | ||||||||||
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Turbo argyrostomus
Linnaeus 1758
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| recombined as Turbo (Marmarostoma) argyrostomus | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Tonga |
| Coordinates: | 21.2° South, 175.3° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 21.1° South, 175.3° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 96474 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-06-09 01:47:04 | Last modified: | 2010-06-09 04:47:04 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2012-06-09 01:47:04 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 32740. | J. M. Ostergaard. 1935. Recent and fossil marine Mollusca of Tongatabu. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 131:1-59 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |