Honolulu Harbor, Oahu (Pleistocene to of the United States)

Also known as Reef 3255

Where: Hawaii (21.3° N, 157.9° W: paleocoordinates 21.3° N, 157.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Waimanalo Formation, Middle Pleistocene to Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)

• age from coral samples 134-113 ka

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• reef and near-reef deposits
• limestones and conglomerates

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Kosuge. 1969. Fossil mollusks of Oahu, Hawaii Islands. Bulletin of the National Science Museum 12(4):783-794 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 89307: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.05.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia (Abarbatia) hendersoni, Arca vetula, Acar plicata, "Arca ventricosa" = Lamarcka ventricosa
Acar plicata Dillwyn 1817 miniature ark
[entered as Acar plicatum]
"Arca ventricosa" = Lamarcka ventricosa Lamarck 1819 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Septifer vaughani" = Septifer (Septifer) excisus
"Septifer vaughani" = Septifer (Septifer) excisus Weigmann 1837 mussel
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Periglypta reticulata
Periglypta reticulata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Strombus mutabilis" = Canarium mutabile, "Strombus maculatus" = Strombus (Canarium) maculatus, "Strombus dentatus" = Tridentarius dentatus, "Strombus aurisdianae" = Euprotomus aurisdianae, "Lambis chiragra" = Harpago chiragra, "Strombus gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus
"Strombus mutabilis" = Canarium mutabile Swainson 1821 true conch
"Strombus maculatus" = Strombus (Canarium) maculatus Jay 1839 true conch
"Strombus dentatus" = Tridentarius dentatus Linnaeus 1758 true conch
"Strombus aurisdianae" = Euprotomus aurisdianae Linnaeus 1758 conch
"Lambis chiragra" = Harpago chiragra Linnaeus 1758 conch
"Strombus gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus Linnaeus 1758 conch
subsp. gibbosus
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus tulipa
Conus tulipa Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra maculata
Terebra maculata Linnaeus 1758 auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
"Pusia aureolata" = Vexillum (Pusia)
"Pusia aureolata" = Vexillum (Pusia) ribbed mitre
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Cypraea gaskoini" = Cribrarula gaskoini, "Cypraea tessellata" = Luria tessellata, "Cypraea carneola" = Lyncina carneola, "Cypraea cicercula" = Pustularia cicercula, "Cypraea granulata" = Nucleolaria granulata, "Cypraea caputserpentis" = Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis, "Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola, "Cypraea erosa" = Naria erosa, "Cypraea maculifera" = Mauritia maculifera, "Cypraea talpa" = Talparia talpa
"Cypraea gaskoini" = Cribrarula gaskoini Reeve 1846 cowry
"Cypraea tessellata" = Luria tessellata Swainson 1822 cowry
"Cypraea carneola" = Lyncina carneola Linnaeus 1758 purple-mouthed cowry
"Cypraea cicercula" = Pustularia cicercula Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea granulata" = Nucleolaria granulata Pease 1862 cowry
"Cypraea caputserpentis" = Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis Linnaeus 1758 cowry
listed as C. captoserpentis
"Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea erosa" = Naria erosa Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea maculifera" = Mauritia maculifera Schilder 1932 cowry
"Cypraea talpa" = Talparia talpa Linnaeus 1758 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Casmaria erinaceus
 Cerithioidea - Modulidae
"Aplodon tectus" = Modulus tectum
"Aplodon tectus" = Modulus tectum Gmelin 1791 snail
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Marmorostoma intercostalium" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) intercostalis, "Marmorostoma setosus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) setosus
"Marmorostoma intercostalium" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) intercostalis Menke 1829 snail
"Marmorostoma setosus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) setosus Gmelin 1791 snail