En-4 (0-100 ft), Eniwetok Atol (Holocene of Marshall Islands)

Where: Marshall Islands (11.7° N, 162.3° E: paleocoordinates 6.3° N, 175.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an undifferentiated lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Holocene, on the basis of stratigraphic position. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: A composite list from several beds within this section of drill core, from 0-100 ft.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: unlithified lithology not reported

• ENVIRONMENT: Carbonate facies. Shallow water. No paleoenvironmental data presented.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated, presumably carbonate. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by AEC in 1950; reposited in the UNSM

Collection methods: core,

• COLLECTOR: Atomic Energy Commission. REPOSITORY: USNM.

Primary reference: H. S. Ladd. 1966. Chitons and Gastropods (Haliotidae through Adeorbidae) from Western Pacific Islands. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 531:1-98 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/J. Millet]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 77997: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.01.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COEVERAGE: Representative, but not exhaustive for gastropoda. NOMENCLATURE: An authoritative publication with relatively modern nomenclature, subgenus- and species-level identifications. IDENTIFIER: H. S. Ladd.
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Tornidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
"Zebina (Ailinzebina) abrardi" = Rissoina (Ailinzebina) abrardi Ladd 1966 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Strombus (Canarium) mutabilis" = Canarium mutabile
"Strombus (Canarium) mutabilis" = Canarium mutabile Swainson 1821 true conch
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
 Trochoidea - Skeneidae