Where: Ecuador (0.2° S, 90.9° W: paleocoordinates 0.2° S, 90.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unnamed lithostratigraphic unit, for which stratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Late Pleistocene or Holocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Raised beach, 5-10 m above sea level.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Hertlein in 1932; reposited in the CAS
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: L.G. Hertlein, 1932. REPOSITORY: CAS.
Primary reference: L. G. Hertlein. 1939. Marine Pleistocene mollusks from the Galapagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 23(24):367-380 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 96867: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 06.07.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
Lithophaga aristata, "Mytilus adamsianus" = Brachidontes adamsianus
Lithophaga aristata Dillwyn 1817 mussel
"Mytilus adamsianus" = Brachidontes adamsianus Dunker 1857 mussel | |
"Arca (Fossularca) solida" = Arcopsis solida
"Arca (Fossularca) solida" = Arcopsis solida Sowerby I 1833 clam | |
"Arca (Barbatia) reeveana" = Barbatia (Cucullaearca) reeveana, Acar sp., "Arca (Acar) gradata" = Barbatia (Acar) gradata
"Arca (Barbatia) reeveana" = Barbatia (Cucullaearca) reeveana d'Orbigny 1846 clam
Acar sp. Gray 1857 miniature ark
"Arca (Acar) gradata" = Barbatia (Acar) gradata Broderip and Sowerby 1829 miniature ark | |
"Ostrea fisheri" = Hyotissa hyotis
"Ostrea fisheri" = Hyotissa hyotis Linnaeus 1758 Honeycomb Oyster | |
Pedalion chemnitzianum oyster | |
"Pecten (Lyropecten) magnificus" = Nodipecten magnificus
"Pecten (Lyropecten) magnificus" = Nodipecten magnificus Sowerby 1835 scallop | |
"Lima pacifica" = Limaria pacifica
"Lima pacifica" = Limaria pacifica d'Orbigny 1846 file clam | |
"Venericardia megastropha" = Strophocardia megastropha
"Venericardia megastropha" = Strophocardia megastropha Gray 1825 clam | |
"Codakia galapagana" = Ctena galapagana
"Codakia galapagana" = Ctena galapagana Dall 1901 clam | |
Kellia suborbicularis Montague 1803 clam | |
"Semele rupium" = Semele (Elegantula) rupium, "Semele punctata" = Semele (Semele) sowerbyi
"Semele rupium" = Semele (Elegantula) rupium Sowerby 1833 clam
"Semele punctata" = Semele (Semele) sowerbyi Tryon 1869 clam | |
"Antigona isocardia" = Globivenus isocardia, Chione undatella, "Antigona multicostata" = Periglypta multicostata, Transennella galapagana
"Antigona isocardia" = Globivenus isocardia Verrill 1870 venus clam
Chione undatella Sowerby I 1835 venus clam
"Antigona multicostata" = Periglypta multicostata Sowerby 1835 venus clam
Transennella galapagana Hertlein 1939 venus clam | |
Chama frondosa Broderip 1835 jewel box | |
Gastropoda | |
Diodora alta snail
Diodora inaequalis Sowerby 1835 snail | |
Tegula cooksoni snail
Tegula snodgrassi snail | |
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840 top snail | |
"Phasianella (Tricolia) perforata" = Tricolia
"Phasianella (Tricolia) perforata" = Tricolia snail | |
Pleurobranchus sp. Cuvier 1804 snail | |
"Heliacus cf. planispira" = Heliacus (Astronacus) planispira
"Heliacus cf. planispira" = Heliacus (Astronacus) planispira Pilsbry and Lowe 1932 snail | |
"Odostomia (Chrysallida) paupercula" = Chrysallida, Odostomia (Miralda) incantata, "Turbonilla (Strioturbonilla) sp." = Strioturbonilla, Odostomia (Ividella) orariana, Odostomia sp.
"Odostomia (Chrysallida) paupercula" = Chrysallida snail
Odostomia (Miralda) incantata Hertlein and Strong 1939 snail
"Turbonilla (Strioturbonilla) sp." = Strioturbonilla Sacco 1892 snail
Odostomia sp. Fleming 1817 snail | |
Pedipes angulatus snail | |
"Gadinia peruviana" = Trimusculus
"Gadinia peruviana" = Trimusculus button snail | |
Acmaea sp. Eschscholtz 1830 limpet | |
Epitonium (Asperoscala) cf. emydoneus wentletrap
Epitonium sp. Bolten 1798 wentletrap | |
Melanella falcata snail
Melanella cf. hastata snail | |
Alaba supralirata Carpenter 1857 snail | |
Modulus cerodes snail | |
Cerithium adustum cerith snail
Cerithium uncinatum cerith snail | |
Vermicularia eburnea Reeve 1842 turret shell | |
Tectarius galapagiensis periwinkle | |
Polinices uber Valenciennes 1821 moon snail | |
Cheilea equestris Linnaeus 1758 hoof shell
Hipponix barbatus hoof shell | |
Rissoina dina snail
Rissoina cf. laurae snail
Rissoina signae snail
Alvania lara snail
Alvania veleronis Hertlein and Strong 1939 snail | |
"Aletes squamigerus" = Thylacodes squamigerus
"Aletes squamigerus" = Thylacodes squamigerus Carpenter 1857 worm shell | |
"Trivia pacifica" = Niveria (Niveria) pacifica, "Trivia galapagensis" = Pusula (Pusula) galapagensis
"Trivia pacifica" = Niveria (Niveria) pacifica Gray 1832 snail
"Trivia galapagensis" = Pusula (Pusula) galapagensis Melvill 1900 snail | |
"Cypraea nigropunctata" = Pseudozonaria nigropunctata
"Cypraea nigropunctata" = Pseudozonaria nigropunctata Gray 1828 cowry | |
"Erato marginata" = Hespererato (Hespererato) marginata
"Erato marginata" = Hespererato (Hespererato) marginata Morch 1860 snail SUBSPECIES: Erato marginata galapagensis
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Mitra funiculata mitre shell
Mitra cf. lens mitre shell
Mitra solitaria mitre shell
Mitra sp. Lamarck 1798 mitre shell
Mitra (Strigatella) tristis mitre shell | |
Anachis incerta snail
Anachis sp. Adams and Adams 1853 snail
Pyrene haemastoma snail
Mitrella ocellata snail | |
Nassarius versicolor snail | |
Latirus tuberculatus snail
Latirus varicosus snail | |
Cancellaria haemastoma snail | |
Olivella gracilis Broderip and Sowerby 1829 olive snail | |
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid | |
Conus brunneus cone shell
Conus nux cone shell
Conus purpurascens cone shell
Conus tiarattis cone shell | |
Terebra strigata auger snail
Terebra sp. Bruguière 1789 auger snail | |
Philbertia stonezi snail
Daphnella sp. Hinds 1844 snail | |
"Mangelia sp." = Cythara (Mangelia) Loven 1846 snail
Mangelia hancocki Hertlein and Strong 1939 snail
Agathotoma cf. camarina snail | |
"Cypraeolina margaritula" = Granulina margaritula
"Cypraeolina margaritula" = Granulina margaritula Carpenter 1857 snail | |
Morum tuberculosum Sowerby 1885 snail | |
"Marginella minor" = Volvarina taeniata
"Marginella minor" = Volvarina taeniata Sowerby 1846 margin shell | |
Phyllonotus princeps, Phyllonotus regius, Acanthina grande, Acanthina muricata, Thais callaoensis, Thais crassa, Thais patula, Thais planospira, Aspella erosa, Aspella pyramidalis, "Tritonalia parva" = Purpura (Tritonalia), Muricopsis dubia
Phyllonotus princeps murex snail
Phyllonotus regius murex snail
Acanthina grande unicorn
Acanthina muricata unicorn
Thais callaoensis murex snail
Thais crassa murex snail
Thais patula murex snail
Thais planospira murex snail
Aspella erosa murex snail
Aspella pyramidalis murex snail
"Tritonalia parva" = Purpura (Tritonalia) murex snail
Muricopsis dubia murex snail | |
Cypraecassis tenuis Wood 1828 snail | |
"Cymatium wiegmanni" = Monoplex wiegmanni
"Cymatium wiegmanni" = Monoplex wiegmanni Anton 1839 triton shell | |
Metaxia convexa, Triphora alternata, Triphora chathamensis, Triphora galapagensis, Triphora inconspicua
Metaxia convexa Cerpenter 1857 snail
Triphora alternata snail
Triphora chathamensis snail
Triphora galapagensis snail
Triphora inconspicua snail | |
"Crepidula aculeata" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus, Crepidula arenata
"Crepidula aculeata" = Bostrycapulus aculeatus Gmelin 1791 slipper shell
Crepidula arenata Broderip 1834 slipper shell | |
Williamia galapagana pulmonate |