Felixstowe, Suffolk [Red Crag]: Late/Upper Pliocene, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Trophon antiquus (Müller 1774)
Wood 1882
recombined as Fusus antiquus
SUBSPECIES: includes Trophon antiquus contrarius
Astarte basteroti De la Jonkaire 1823
Wood 1882
reworked
Venus cassina Linnaeus 1758
Wood 1882
reworked
Tellina pretenuis Leathes in Woodward 1830
Wood 1882
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Trochus cinerarius Linnaeus 1758
Wood 1882
recombined as Gibbula cineraria
reworked
Trochus zizyphinus (Linnaeus 1758)
Wood 1882
recombined as Calliostoma zizyphinum
reworked
Trochus montacuti
Wood 1882
Trochus tumidus
Wood 1882
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Emarginula fissura (Linnaeus 1758)
Wood 1882
Fissurella graeca (Linnaeus 1758)
Wood 1882
recombined as Diodora graeca
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Scalaria funiculus Wood 1872
Wood 1882
recombined as Cirsotrema funiculus
reworked
Scalaria foliacea Sowerby 1825
Wood 1882
recombined as Epitonium foliaceum
reworked
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Eulima intermedia Cantraine 1835
Wood 1882
recombined as Polygyreulima intermedia
reworked
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea chinensis (Linnaeus 1758)
Wood 1882
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium granosum Wood 1842
Wood 1882
Cerithium variculosum Nyst 1844
Wood 1882
reworked
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella incrassata Sowerby 1814
Wood 1882
recombined as Turritella (Haustator) incrassata
reworked
Gastropoda - Potamididae
Cerithium tricinctum (Brocchi 1814)
Wood 1882
recombined as Potamides (Ptychopotamides) tricinctus
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Rostellaria gracilenta Wood 1882
Wood 1882
Gastropoda - Rostellariidae
Rostellaria lucida Sowerby 1815
Wood 1882
recombined as Tibia (Eotibia) lucida
reworked
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Aporrhais pespelicani (Linnaeus 1758)
Wood 1882
recombined as Aporrhais pespelecani
reworked
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Buccinum undatum Linnaeus 1758
Wood 1882
Trophon altus Wood 1874
Wood 1882
recombined as Colus altus
Buccinum dalei Sowerby 1825
Wood 1882
recombined as Liomesus dalei
Trophon alveolatus Sowerby 1829
Wood 1882
recombined as Scalaspira (Scalaspira) alveolatus
reworked
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassa labiosa (Sowerby 1824)
Wood 1882
recombined as Amyclina labiosa
reworked
Nassa granulata (Sowerby 1815)
Wood 1882
recombined as Nassarius granulatus
Nassa consociata Wood 1848
Wood 1882
recombined as Nassarius (Tritonella) consociatus
reworked
Nassa incrassata (Müller 1773)
Wood 1882
recombined as Nassarius incrassatus
Nassa propinqua (Sowerby 1824)
Wood 1882
recombined as Nassarius (Hinia) propinquus
reworked
Nassa reticosa (Sowerby 1815)
Wood 1882
recombined as Nassarius (Uzita) reticosus
reworked
Nassa pygmaea Lamarck 1822
Wood 1882
recombined as Nassarius pygmaeus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Columbella sulcata (Sowerby 1823)
Wood 1882
reworked
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Pleurotoma scalaris Hauer 1837
Wood 1882
synonym of Spirotropis badensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Pleurotoma nebula (Montagu 1803)
Wood 1882
recombined as Mangelia nebula
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
Raphitoma submarginata Bellardi 1847
Wood 1882
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra canalis Wood 1848
Wood 1882
reworked
Terebra inversa Nyst 1843
Wood 1882
reworked
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Pleurotoma interrupta
Wood 1882
synonym of Turris
reworked
Pleurotoma trevelyana
Wood 1882
synonym of Turris
Pleurotoma costata
Wood 1882
synonym of Turris
Pleurotoma turris Lamarck 1822
Wood 1882
Pleurotoma turricula (Montagu 1803)
Wood 1882
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Trophon gracilis (Perry 1811)
Wood 1882
recombined as Trophon (Boreotrophon) gracilis
Trophon scalariformis (Gould 1841)
Wood 1882
synonym of Boreotrophon clathratus
Purpura incrassata Sowerby 1825
Wood 1882
recombined as Nucella incrassata
Purpura lapillus (Linnaeus 1758)
Wood 1882
recombined as Nucella lapillus
Purpura tetragona Sowerby 1825
Wood 1882
recombined as Spinucella tetragona
reworked
Trophon costifer
Wood 1882
reworked
Trophon olavii
Wood 1882
Trophon muricatus (Montagu 1803)
Wood 1882
INCLUDES SUBSPECIES: Trophon muricatus exossus
Trophon elegans (Charlesworth 1837)
Murex tortuosus
Wood 1882
reworked
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Voluta lamberti Sowerby 1823
Wood 1882
recombined as Scaphella (Scaphella) lamberti
reworked
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria (Admete) viridula (Fabricius 1780)
Wood 1882
Cancellaria scalaroides
Wood 1882
reworked
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Cassidaria bicatenata (Sowerby 1815)
recombined as Galeodea bicatenata
reworked
Gastropoda - Triviidae
Cypraea europaea Montfort 1808
Wood 1882
recombined as Trivia (Trivia) europaea
originally entered Cypraea europea
Cypraea avellana Sowerby 1823
Wood 1882
recombined as Niveria avellana
reworked
Gastropoda - Littorinidae
Eulimene pendula
Wood 1882
Lacuna (Medoria) terebellata (Nyst 1835)
Wood 1882
recombined as Eula terebellata
reworked
Littorina littorea
Wood 1882
Gastropoda - Capulidae
Capulus ungaricus (Linnaeus 1758)
Wood 1882
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica catena da Costa 1778
Wood 1882
recombined as Euspira catena
Natica catenoides Wood 1842
Wood 1882
recombined as Euspira catenoides
Natica hemiclausa Sowerby 1824
Wood 1882
recombined as Euspira helicina hemiclausa
Natica multipunctata
Wood 1882
Natica clausa Broderip and Sowerby 1829
Wood 1882
synonym of Cryptonatica affinis
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Rissoa curticostata Wood 1848
Wood 1882
recombined as Rissoa (Turboella) curticostata
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Vermetus intortus Lamarck 1818
Wood 1882
recombined as Petaloconchus intortus
reworked
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula buccinea (Sowerby 1823)
Wood 1882
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Chemnitzia internodula Wood 1848
Wood 1882
recombined as Turbonilla (Pyrgolidium) internodula
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ellobiidae
Melampus pyramidalis Sowerby 1822
Wood 1882
recombined as Ellobium pyramidale
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Bulla cylindracea Pennant 1777
Wood 1882
recombined as Cylichna (Cylichna) cylindracea
Gastropoda - Patellida - Acmaeidae
Tectura virginea
Wood 1882
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca lactea Linnaeus 1767
Wood 1882
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Pectunculus pilosus (Linnaeus 1767)
Wood 1882
recombined as Glycymeris pilosa
reworked
Pectunculus glycimeris
Wood 1882
synonym of Glycymeris
Pectunculus subobliquus
Wood 1882
synonym of Glycymeris
reworked
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758
Wood 1882
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima exilis Wood 1839
Wood 1882
reworked
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten pusio (Linnaeus 1758)
Wood 1882
recombined as Talochlamys pusio
Pecten maximus (Linnaeus 1758)
Wood 1882
recombined as Pecten maxima
reworked
Pecten opercularis (Linnaeus 1758)
Wood 1882
recombined as Aequipecten opercularis
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Wood 1882
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus 1758
Wood 1882
reworked
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina borealis (Linnaeus 1767)
Wood 1882
recombined as Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pholadidae
Pholas cylindrica Sowerby 1818
Wood 1882
recombined as Barnea (Barnea) cylindrica
reworked
Pholas crispata (Linnaeus 1758)
Wood 1882
recombined as Zirfaea crispata
reworked
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae
Mya arenaria Linnaeus 1758
Wood 1882
recombined as Mya (Arenomya) arenaria
reworked
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula striata Lamarck 1801
Wood 1882
recombined as Caryocorbula striata
Corbulomya complanata Sowerby 1822
Wood 1882
recombined as Lentidium (Lentidium) complanatum
reworked
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Cyprina islandica (Linnaeus 1767)
Wood 1882
recombined as Arctica islandica
reworked
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Cytherea chione Linnaeus 1758
Wood 1882
recombined as Callista (Callista) chione
reworked
Cytherea rudis (Poli 1795)
Wood 1882
recombined as Pitar (Pitar) rudis
Tapes pullastra
Wood 1882
reworked
Tapes virgineus
Wood 1882
reworked
Venus fasciata (da Costa 1778)
Wood 1882
recombined as Clausinella fasciata
Artemis lentiformis (Sowerby 1818)
Wood 1882
reworked
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta astartea (Nyst 1835)
Wood 1882
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Mactra ovalis Sowerby 1817
Wood 1882
Mactra procrassa n. sp. Wood 1850
Wood 1850
Mactra arcuata Sowerby 1817
Wood 1882
recombined as Spisula arcuata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium edule Linnaeus 1758
Wood 1882
recombined as Cerastoderma edule
Cardium parkinsoni Sowerby 1814
Wood 1882
recombined as Laevicardium (Dinocardium) parkinsoni
Cardium echinatum Linnaeus 1767
Wood 1882
recombined as Acanthocardia (Acanthocardia) echinata
Cardium angustatum Sowerby 1821
Wood 1882
Cardium venustum Wood 1840
Wood 1882
Cardium decorticatum Wood 1840
Wood 1882
recombined as Laevicardium (Laevicardium) decorticatum
reworked
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Donacidae
Donax politus (Poli 1791)
Wood 1882
reworked
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Gastrana laminosa (Sowerby 1827)
Wood 1882
reworked
Tellina obliqua Sowerby 1817
Wood 1882
recombined as Macoma (Macoma) obliqua
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Psammobia sp.
Wood 1882
spelled with current rank as Gari (Psammobia)
reworked
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
Gastrochaena dubia (Pennant 1777)
Wood 1882
recombined as Gastrochaena (Rocellaria) dubia
reworked
Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenidae
Solen siliqua Linnaeus 1767
Wood 1882
reworked
Solen ensis Linnaeus 1767
Wood 1882
reworked
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea faujasii
Wood 1882
reworked
Saxicava arctica (Linnaeus 1767)
Wood 1882
recombined as Hiatella arctica
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Woodia digitaria Linnaeus 1758
Wood 1882
recombined as Digitaria digitaria
Astarte burtini
Wood 1882
reworked
Astarte crebrilirata Wood 1850
Wood 1882
Astarte basterotii De la Jonkaire 1823
Wood 1850
recombined as Isocrassina basteroti
Astarte omalii De la Jonkaire 1823
Wood 1882
recombined as Isocrassina omalii
reworked
Astarte obliquata Sowerby 1817
Wood 1882
recombined as Astarte (Digitariopsis) obliquata
Astarte compressa (Montague 1808)
Wood 1882
Astarte incrassata (Brocchi 1814)
Wood 1882
reworked
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita senilis (Lamarck 1805)
Wood 1882
reworked
Cardita scalaris (Sowerby 1825)
Wood 1882
Cardita chamaeformis (Sowerby 1825)
Wood 1882
reworked
Cardita corbis Philippi 1836
Wood 1882
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula laevigata Sowerby 1818
Wood 1882
recombined as Leionucula laevigata
Nucula cobboldae Linnaeus 1767
Wood 1882
recombined as Acila (Truncacila) cobboldae
Nucula cobboldiae (Linnaeus 1767)
Wood 1850
recombined as Acila (Truncacila) cobboldae
Nucula nucleus (Linnaeus 1758)
Wood 1882
recombined as Nucula (Nucula) nucleus
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Leda oblongoides
Wood 1882
synonym of Nuculana
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium dentalis
Wood 1882
Dentalium entalis
Wood 1882
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Suffolk
Coordinates: 52.0° North, 1.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:52.0° North, 1.0° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Piacenzian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pliocene
Age range of interval:3.60000 - 2.58800 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Red Crag
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Red Crag, which is regionally overlies the Coralline Crag. AGE: Late Pliocene, according to Rayner, 1981 on the basis of foraminiferal and palynological biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified "siliciclastic"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated in text, but siliciclastic based on observation of specimens. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on observation and figured specimens.
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine siliciclastic.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Not stated, but probably Stearns Wood, c. 1840's-1870's. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for mollusca. Other volumes when entered will include bryozoa, brachiopoda, and anthozoa. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, but with antiquated nomenclature, which is revised where possible through more recent sources.
Metadata
Database number:84819
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-11-13 07:11:17 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2008-11-13 07:11:17
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

28450. S. V. Wood. 1848. A monograph of the Crag Mollusca or, descriptions of shells from the middle and upper Tertiaries of the East of England. Part 1. Univalves 1-208 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

29100 S. V. Wood. 1850. A monograph of the Crag Mollusca, or, descriptions of shells from the middle and upper tertiaries of the East of England. Part II. Bivalves 1-302 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/S. Ávila]
28488 S. V. Wood. 1882. Third supplement to the Crag Mollusca comparing Testacea from the Upper Tertiaries of the east of England. Univalves and Bivalves 1-24 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]