Raised beaches, Red Sea coast (Pleistocene of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (27.3° N, 33.8° E: paleocoordinates 27.2° N, 33.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Nardini. 1937. Molluschi delle spiagge emerse del Mar Rosso e dell'Oceano Indiano, parte II (Lamellibranchi) [Mollusks from raised beaches bordering the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, part II (bivalves)]. Palaeontographia Italica 37:225-278 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 101634: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 27.12.2010

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Anadara antiquata" = Anadara (Anadara) antiquata Linnaeus 1758 ark
"Arca imbricata" = Lamarcka imbricata Bruguière 1789 clam
var. arabica
Arca afra ark
var. solida
Arca navicularis Bruguière 1789 ark
Argina raddii n. sp. Nardini 1937 ark
Arca radiata Sowerby 1840 ark
 Arcida - Limopsidae
"Limopsis multistriata" = Limopsis (Pectunculina) multistriata
"Limopsis multistriata" = Limopsis (Pectunculina) multistriata Forsskal 1775 clam
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula plicata Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
"Meleagrina margaritifera" = Pinctada
"Meleagrina margaritifera" = Pinctada pearl oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea cucullata" = Saccostrea cuccullata, "Ostrea tridacnaeformis" = Nicaisolopha tridacnaeformis
"Ostrea cucullata" = Saccostrea cuccullata Born 1778 oyster
"Ostrea tridacnaeformis" = Nicaisolopha tridacnaeformis Cox 1927 oyster
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Codakia tigerina, "Divaricella quadrisulcata" = Divalinga quadrisulcata
Codakia tigerina Linnaeus 1758 clam
"Divaricella quadrisulcata" = Divalinga quadrisulcata d'Orbigny 1846 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula polita, "Corbula scaphoides" = Aloidis scaphoides
"Corbula scaphoides" = Aloidis scaphoides Hinds 1843 clam
 Cardiida - Trapezidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Gafrarium pectinatum Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
Circe pectinata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
Clementia papyracea Gray 1825 venus clam
Dosinia pubescens venus clam
"Antigona reticulata" = Periglypta reticulata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta globosa Forsskål 1775 clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium lyratum" = Lyrocardium lyratum Sowerby 1940 cockle
 Cardiida - Solecurtidae
"Solenocurtus strigilatus" = Solecurtus
"Solenocurtus strigilatus" = Solecurtus clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Tellina (Apolymetis) papyracea" = Apolymetis papyracea Gmelin 1791 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Asaphis deflorata Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae