Where: Western Cape, South Africa (33.9° S, 18.4° E: paleocoordinates 34.0° S, 18.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shoreface; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: B. Kensley and J. Pether. 1986. Late Tertiary and Early Quaternary Fossil Mollusca for the Hondeklip Area, Cape Province, South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 97(6):141-225 [J. Sessa/L. Eccles]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 118318: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 12.10.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Polyplacophora | |
cf. Chiton sp. Linnaeus 1758 chiton | |
Gastropoda | |
Turbo cidaris snail | |
Clanculus murrayi top snail
Oxystele sinensis top snail | |
Haliotis saldanhae Kensley 1972 abalone | |
Crepidula deprima n. sp. Kensley and Pether 1986 slipper shell
Calyptraea viridarena slipper shell | |
"Turritella carinifera" = Turritella (Torquesia) carinifera
"Turritella carinifera" = Turritella (Torquesia) carinifera Deshayes 1824 turret shell | |
"Bullia digitalis" = Buccinum digitale, "Triumphis dilemma" = Austriumphis dilemma, Burnupena papyracea, Burnupena aestus n. sp.
"Bullia digitalis" = Buccinum digitale Dillwyn 1817 true whelk
"Triumphis dilemma" = Austriumphis dilemma Kilburn and Tankard 1975 true whelk
Burnupena papyracea true whelk
Burnupena aestus n. sp. Kensley and Pether 1986 true whelk | |
Fasciolaria dinglei n. sp.
Fasciolaria dinglei n. sp. Kensley and Pether 1986 tulip snail | |
Conus mozambicus cone shell | |
Terebra canisaxi n. sp.
Terebra canisaxi n. sp. Kensley and Pether 1986 auger snail | |
? Turris nigrovitta turrid | |
Nucella praecingulata Haughton 1932 murex snail
Trophon carringtoni n. sp. Kensley and Pether 1986 murex snail | |
Argobuccinum casus n. sp.
Argobuccinum casus n. sp. Kensley and Pether 1986 triton shell | |
? Hespererato oppenheimeri Kensley and Pether 1986 snail | |
Patella argenvillei, Patella hendeyi n. sp., Patella hoffmani n. sp., "Patella barbara" = Scutellastra barbara
Patella argenvillei limpet
Patella hendeyi n. sp. Kensley and Pether 1986 limpet
Patella hoffmani n. sp. Kensley and Pether 1986 limpet
"Patella barbara" = Scutellastra barbara Linnaeus 1758 limpet | |
Bivalvia | |
? Arca halmyrus ark | |
Striostrea margaritacea Lamarck 1819 oyster
Ostrea cf. subradiosa Bohm 1926 oyster | |
Perna perna Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
Lutraria sp. Lamarck 1799 clam | |
Donax haughtoni Carrington and Kensley 1969 clam | |
Gastrana fibrosa tellin clam
Tellina ponsonbyi tellin clam | |