Kita-Daito-Jima (Pliocene of Japan)

Where: Okinawa, Japan (26.0° N, 131.3° E: paleocoordinates 25.9° N, 131.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Nomura and N. Zinbo. 1935. Fossil and recent Mollusca from the island of Kita-Daito-Zima. Science Reports of the Tohoku University, Geology 18(1):41-51 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 96696: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 28.06.2010, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Trochus sp. Linnaeus 1758 top snail
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus miles Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Tonnidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten (Pecten) irregularis" = Laevichlamys irregularis
"Pecten (Pecten) irregularis" = Laevichlamys irregularis Sowerby 1842 scallop
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Codakia exasperata Reeve 1854 clam
Codakia tigerina Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Venus (Periglypta) reticulata" = Periglypta reticulata
"Venus (Periglypta) reticulata" = Periglypta reticulata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium (Fragum) unedo Linnaeus 1758 cockle
"Tridacna squamosa" = Tridacna (Chametrachea) squamosa cockle
Cardium (Trachicardium) sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
Cardium (Fragum) fragum Linnaeus 1758 cockle
Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Brissidae
Brissus latecarinatus Leske 1778 heart urchin