Sample B (siltstone facies), [Akasawa Silt]: Pleistocene, Japan
collected by Hayasaka

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Umbonium (Suchium) costatum
R category
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Lunella coronatus
R category
spelled with current rank as Turbo (Lunella)
SUBSPECIES: Lunella coronatus coreensis
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Neverita (Glossaulax) didyma (Röding 1798)
F category
recombined as Glossaulax didyma
Tectonatica janthostomoides Kuroda and Habe 1949
R category
synonym of Cryptonatica andoi
Gastropoda - Potamididae
Cerithidea (Cerithideopsilla) djadjariensis
F category
Gastropoda - Batillariidae
Batillaria multiformis
R category
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Scapharca) subcrenata
R category
original and current combination Scapharca
Anadara (Scapharca) broughtonii (Schrenck 1867)
F category
recombined as Scapharca broughtoni
Anadara (Scapharca) satowi (Dunker 1882)
F category
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina stearnsiana
R category
Wallucina lamyi
R category
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pholadidae
Barnea (Umitakea) japonica
F category
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae
Mya (Arenomya) japonica (Jay 1857)
F category
synonym of Mya (Arenomya) arenaria
SUBSPECIES: Mya (Arenomya) japonica
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Corbiculidae
Corbicula japonica
R category
SUBSPECIES: Corbicula japonica sandaiformis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Anatinellidae
Raeta (Ratellops) pulchella
V category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosinia (Paratapes) undulata
C category
Dosinia (Dosinella) angulosa
F category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Fulvia mutica (Reeve 1844)
C category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Macoma (Macoma) tokyoensis
F category
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panope japonica
R category
corrected as Panopea
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 34.7° North, 137.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.8° North, 137.1° East
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Toyohashi Formation:Akasawa Silt
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Akasawa Silt, which overlies the Takatsuka Gravel, and is overlain by the Toshima Sand. AGE: Pleistocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From basal facies of the formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Siltstone. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:Hayasaka
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: S. Hayasaka. REPOSITORY: Possibly Tohoku University.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for molluscs. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, with antiquated nomenclature, but with species-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Database number:96947
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-07-13 20:09:01 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2010-07-13 20:09:01
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

33104. S. Hayasaka. 1962. Summary of the geology and paleontology of the Atsumi Peninsula, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Science reports of the Tohoku Imperial University. 2nd series, Geology 195-217 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]