Adulis (Pleistocene of Eritrea)

Where: Eritrea (15.2° N, 39.7° E: paleocoordinates 15.2° N, 39.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Nardini. 1934. Molluschi delle spiagge emerse del Mar Rosso e dell'Oceano Indiano, introduzione e parte I (gasteropodi) [Mollusks from raised beaches bordering the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, introduction and part I (gastropods)]. Palaeontographia Italica 34:171-267 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 101417: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.12.2010

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Mytilus variabilis" = Brachidontes (Brachidontes) variabilis, "Mytilus bilocularis" = Septifer bilocularis
"Mytilus variabilis" = Brachidontes (Brachidontes) variabilis Krauss 1848 mussel
"Mytilus bilocularis" = Septifer bilocularis Linnaeus 1758 mussel
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Barbatia fusca" = Barbatia (Ustularca) fusca, "Arca plicata" = Acar plicata, "Arca imbricata" = Lamarcka imbricata
"Barbatia fusca" = Barbatia (Ustularca) fusca Bruguiére 1792 clam
"Arca plicata" = Acar plicata Dillwyn 1817 miniature ark
"Arca imbricata" = Lamarcka imbricata Bruguière 1789 clam
var. arabica
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Tridacna gigas" = Tridacna (Tridacna) gigas Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Cardiida - Mesodesmatidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula socialis" = Corbula (Anisocorbula) socialis
"Corbula socialis" = Corbula (Anisocorbula) socialis Martin 1879 clam
Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchia - Haminoeidae
"Haminea paulae n. sp." = Haminoea
"Haminea paulae n. sp." = Haminoea snail
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Rostellaria curvirostris" = Tibia, Strombus fasciatus
"Rostellaria curvirostris" = Tibia true conch
Strombus fasciatus Born 1778 conch
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
"Pyrula paradisiaca" = Ficus
"Pyrula paradisiaca" = Ficus fig shell
var. nodosa
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella cypraeaeformis n. sp. Nardini 1934 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Murex anguliferus murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
"Ancilla cinnamomea" = Ancilla (Sparella) cinnamomea
"Ancilla cinnamomea" = Ancilla (Sparella) cinnamomea Lamarck 1801 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus arenatus Hwass in Bruguiére 1792 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
"Nassa arcularia" = Nassarius (Nassarius) arcularia
"Nassa arcularia" = Nassarius (Nassarius) arcularia Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Nassa coronata true whelk
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Cypraea turdus" = Erosaria turdus, "Cypraea eburnea" = Erosaria eburnea
"Cypraea turdus" = Erosaria turdus Lamarck 1810 cowry
"Cypraea eburnea" = Erosaria eburnea Barnes 1824 Ivory Cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica mammilla moon snail
 Cerithioidea - Planaxidae
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium aff. dubium cerith snail
Bittium parvulum n. sp. Nardini 1934 cerith snail
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Turbo petholatus" = Turbo (Turbo) petholatus
"Turbo petholatus" = Turbo (Turbo) petholatus Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Nerita undata Linnaeus 1758 snail
var. striata
"Nerita albicilla" = Nerita (Theliostyla) albicilla Linnaeus 1758 snail