Shipyard Creek, Charleston Co. - Pamlico Fm (Pleistocene): Late/Upper Pleistocene, South Carolina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Diodora cayenensis (Lamarck 1822)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva sayana Ravenel 1834
recombined as Oliva (Ispidula) sayana
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Cantharus cancellata (Conrad 1846)
recombined as Solenosteira cancellaria
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius acutus (Say 1822)
recombined as Nassarius (Nassarius) acutus
Nassarius vibex (Say 1822)
Nassarius obsoletus (Say 1822)
recombined as Ilyanassa obsoleta
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Columbella (Anachis) obesa (Adams 1845)
recombined as Parvanachis obesa
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Busycon canaliculatum (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Busycotypus canaliculatus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Urosalpinx cinerea (Say 1822)
Gastropoda - Littorinidae
Littorina irrorata (Say 1822)
recombined as Littoraria irrorata
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices duplicatus (Say 1822)
recombined as Neverita duplicatus
Gastropoda - Cerithiopsidae
Cerithiopsis subulata (Montagu 1808)
    = Cerithiopsis emersonii Adams 1839
Hendy et al. 2008
Misidentification of exotic species
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ellobiidae
Melampus lineatus Say 1822
synonym of Melampus bidentatus
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara ovalis (Bruguiere 1789)
recombined as Lunarca ovalis
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin 1791)
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Divaricella quadrisulcata (d'Orbigny 1846)
recombined as Divalinga quadrisulcata
Phacoides crenella Dall 1901
recombined as Parvilucina crenella
Codakia costata (d'Orbigny 1846)
recombined as Parvilucina costata
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pholadidae
Barnea costata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Mercenaria campechiensis (Gmelin 1791)
Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus 1758)
Chione cancellata (Linnaeus 1767)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Spisula solidissima (Dilwyn 1817)
recombined as Hemimactra solidissima
Mulinia lateralis (Say 1822)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Anatinellidae
Labiosa plicatella (Lamarck 1818)
recombined as Raeta plicatella
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Dinocardium robustum (Lightfoot 1786)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Solecurtidae
Tagelus gibbus (Spengler 1794)
synonym of Tagelus plebeius
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina alternata Say 1822
recombined as Tellina (Eurytellina) alternata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Semele proficua (Pulteney 1799)
Semele bellastriata (Conrad 1837)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia tridentata Say 1826
recombined as Pleuromeris tridentata
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassinella lunulata (Conrad 1834)
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula proxima Say 1820
recombined as Nucula (Nucula) proxima
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:South Carolina County:Charleston
Coordinates: 32.8° North, 79.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.8° North, 79.9° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12600 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Pamlico
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From Pamlico Formation (Richards 1962). AGE: Sangamon, Pleistocene (Richards 1962).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified "siliciclastic"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: No detailed lithologic data reported in text. LITHIFICATION: Assumed to be unlithified given age and figured specimens in Richards (1962).
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: No specific environment provided in text for individual collection.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:cast
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Based on collections of Richards (1936). REPOSITORIES: Collections held in various museums, possibly including the Academy of Natural Sciences, USNM, MCZ (Cambridge), and AMNH.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda and bivalvia. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoratative publication, and somewhat antiquated. However, all occurrences include species-resolution assignments and list synonymies.
Metadata
Also known as: South Carolina Loc. 12
Database number:66756
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:L. Eccles Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2006-10-15 12:48:18 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:group members Released:2007-10-15 12:48:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

18974. H. G. Richards. 1962. Studies on the marine Pleistocene: Part II. The marine Pleistocene mollusks of eastern North America. Transactions of the American Philosophocal Society 52(3):1-142 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

19909 A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]