Where: Japan (34.4° N, 136.8° E: paleocoordinates 34.4° N, 136.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Sakishima Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Sakishima Fm, the highest of three Pleistocene terraces developed in the Shima Peninsula. Previously referred to as the Ugata Fm and Kiba Silt. Correlated to the Atsumi Fm. AGE: Pleistocene in text, but placed in Late Pleistocene on the basis of stratigraphic position. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Presumably from the silt-sand near the base of the section (0-2 m in Fig. 2 of Itoigawa and Ogawa, 1973)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; unlithified, sandy siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Ogawa in 1967
Collection methods: bulk,
• COLLECTOR: H. Ogawa, 1973. REPOSITORY: Not stated, but presumably Tokohu University.
Primary reference: J. Itoigawa and H. Ogawa. 1973. Pleistocene molluscan fauna of the Sakishima Formation, Shima Peninsula, central Japan. Tohoku University, Science Reports, 2nd series (Geology), Special Volume (6)69-80 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 97961: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 10.09.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Alvenius ojianus, Borniopsis tsurumaru, Nipponomysella oblongata, Nipponomysella subtruncata, Nordotis gigantea, Sinusicola yendoi, Costalynia costulata, Pygmaeorota cingulifera, Pygmaeorota duplicata, Clathrofenella asperulata, Eufenella pupoides, Australaba picta, Bedevina birileffi, Mitroprifex collinsoni, Enginopsis menkeana, Pseudotrema fortilirata, Granuliterebra bathyraphe, Turbiniscala replicata, Laeviscala angusta, Cuspeulima ozawai, Numaegilina gloria, Numaegilina sp., Sulcoturbilla quantoana, Strigopupa strigosa, Eocylichna braunsi, Decorifer yamakawai
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Gastropoda | |
"Lunella granulata" = Turbo (Lunella), Astralium haematragum
"Lunella granulata" = Turbo (Lunella) snail
Astralium haematragum snail | |
Monodonta labio Linnaeus 1758 top snail | |
Tegula rustica snail | |
Diodora mus Reeve 1850 snail | |
Scissurella staminea snail | |
Actaeopyramis lauta snail | |
Balcis cumingii snail
Balcis "sp. 1" Leach 1847 snail
Balcis "sp. 2" Leach 1847 snail
Balcis "sp. 3" Leach 1847 snail
Mucronalia exilis snail | |
"Crepidula aff. gravispinosa" = Crepidula (Bostrycapulus) gravispinosus, "Siphopatella walshi" = Ergaea walshi
"Crepidula aff. gravispinosa" = Crepidula (Bostrycapulus) gravispinosus Kuroda and Habe 1950 slipper shell
"Siphopatella walshi" = Ergaea walshi Reeve 1859 slipper shell | |
Bittium alutraceum cerith snail
Bittium craticulatum cerith snail
"Contumax kobelti" = Cerithium (Contumax) cerith snail | |
"Turritella kurosio" = Haustator (Kurosioia) kurosio
"Turritella kurosio" = Haustator (Kurosioia) kurosio Ida 1952 turret shell | |
Diala vaira snail | |
Batillaria multiformis snail | |
Scaliola glareosa snail
Scaliola bella Adams 1860 snail | |
Inquisitor jeffreysii snail | |
Babylonia japonica Reeve 1842 true whelk
Siphonalia sp. Adams 1863 true whelk
Siphonalia aff. cassidariaeformis Reeve 1843 true whelk | |
Reticunassa japonica snail
"Niotha livescens" = Nassarius (Niotha) snail
"Hinia festiva" = Nassarius (Hinia) snail | |
"Mangelia (Rissomangelia) deshayesii" = Cythara (Mangelia), Cythara sp.
"Mangelia (Rissomangelia) deshayesii" = Cythara (Mangelia) snail
Cythara sp. Schumacher 1817 snail | |
Paradrillia inconstans ribbed mitre | |
Rapana venosa, "Mancinella luteostoma" = Thais (Mancinella)
Rapana venosa murex snail
"Mancinella luteostoma" = Thais (Mancinella) murex snail | |
Sydaphera spengleriana snail | |
Semicassis sp. Mörch 1852 snail | |
Littorina brevicula periwinkle | |
Neverita (Glossaulax) hosoyai, Neverita (Glossaulax) reiniana, "Neverita (Glossaulax) didyma" = Glossaulax didyma, Tectonatica adamsiana
Neverita (Glossaulax) hosoyai moon snail
Neverita (Glossaulax) reiniana moon snail
"Neverita (Glossaulax) didyma" = Glossaulax didyma Röding 1798 moon snail
Tectonatica adamsiana moon snail | |
Pseudoliotia pulchella snail | |
Triphora "sp. 1" Blainville 1828 snail
Triphora "sp. 2" Blainville 1828 snail
Triphora "sp. 3" Blainville 1828 snail | |
"Brochina glabella" = Caecum (Brochina)
"Brochina glabella" = Caecum (Brochina) snail | |
Assiminea castanea snail
Assiminea estuarina snail | |
Dunkeria shigeyasui, Turbonilla "sp. 1", Turbonilla "sp. 2", Cingulina cingulata, Paramormula sp., Miralda gemma, Miralda "sp. 1", Miralda "sp. 2", Syrnola subsinctella, Syrnola aff. kurumana, Chrysallida sp., Odostomia sp., "Oscilla circincta" = Odostomia (Oscilla), "Oscilla lirata" = Odostomia (Oscilla), Chemnitzia "sp. 1", Chemnitzia "sp. 2", Chemnitzia "sp. 3"
Dunkeria shigeyasui snail
Turbonilla "sp. 1" Risso 1826 snail
Turbonilla "sp. 2" Risso 1826 snail
Cingulina cingulata snail
Paramormula sp. Nomura 1939 snail
Miralda gemma snail
Miralda "sp. 1" Carpenter 1856 snail
Miralda "sp. 2" Carpenter 1856 snail
Syrnola subsinctella snail
Syrnola aff. kurumana snail
Chrysallida sp. Carpenter 1856 snail
Odostomia sp. Fleming 1817 snail
"Oscilla circincta" = Odostomia (Oscilla) snail
"Oscilla lirata" = Odostomia (Oscilla) snail
Chemnitzia "sp. 1" d'Orbigny 1840 snail
Chemnitzia "sp. 2" d'Orbigny 1840 snail
Chemnitzia "sp. 3" d'Orbigny 1840 snail | |
Leucotina dianae snail | |
Egilina mariellaeformis snail
Tiberia dunkerii snail | |
Acteocina exilis barrel-bubble
Philine argentata snail | |
Rhizorus radiolus, Coelophysis (Sulcoretusa) minima, "Coelophysis succincta" = Retusa (Coleophysis), "Coelophysis concentrica" = Retusa (Coleophysis)
Rhizorus radiolus snail
"Coelophysis succincta" = Retusa (Coleophysis) snail
"Coelophysis concentrica" = Retusa (Coleophysis) snail | |
Acmaea sp. Eschscholtz 1830 limpet | |
"Pictoneritina oulaniensis" = Clithon (Pictoneritina)
"Pictoneritina oulaniensis" = Clithon (Pictoneritina) snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Striarca (Galactella) symmetrica" = Arcopsis symmetrica
"Striarca (Galactella) symmetrica" = Arcopsis symmetrica Reeve 1844 clam | |
Barbatia (Abarbatia) decussata, Striarca (Spinearca) interplicata, Striarca (Didimarca) tenebrica, "Anadara (Scapharca) broughtonii" = Scapharca broughtoni, "Arca (Tegillarca) granosa" = Anadara (Tegillarca) granosa, "Mabellarca hiratai" = Anadara (Mabellarca)
"Anadara (Scapharca) broughtonii" = Scapharca broughtoni Schrenck 1867 clam
"Arca (Tegillarca) granosa" = Anadara (Tegillarca) granosa Linnaeus 1758 ark
"Mabellarca hiratai" = Anadara (Mabellarca) ark | |
"Pecten (Notovola) aff. excavatus" = Pecten (Pecten) excavatus
"Pecten (Notovola) aff. excavatus" = Pecten (Pecten) excavatus Anton 1839 scallop | |
Ostrea denselamellosa oyster | |
Musculus sp. Roding 1798 mussel | |
Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel | |
Pillucina pisidium clam
"Lucinoma annulata" = Lucinoma annulatum Reeve 1850 clam | |
Cryptomya busoensis softshell clam
Venatomya truncata softshell clam | |
"Varicorbula yokoyamai" = Corbula (Varicorbula), "Anisocorbula venusta" = Corbula (Anisocorbula)
"Varicorbula yokoyamai" = Corbula (Varicorbula) clam
"Anisocorbula venusta" = Corbula (Anisocorbula) clam | |
Chama reflexa Reeve 1846 jewel box | |
Circe sp., "Microcirce dilecta" = Circe (Microcirce), Saxidomus purpuratus, Sunetta (Cyclosunetta) sp., Paphia vernicosa, Tapes (Amygdala) philippinarum, Dosinia (Dosinella) penicillata, Dosinia (Phacosoma) japonica
Circe sp. Schumacher 1817 venus clam
"Microcirce dilecta" = Circe (Microcirce) venus clam
Saxidomus purpuratus venus clam
Sunetta (Cyclosunetta) sp. Fischer-Piette 1939 venus clam
Paphia vernicosa venus clam
Tapes (Amygdala) philippinarum venus clam
Dosinia (Dosinella) penicillata venus clam
Dosinia (Phacosoma) japonica venus clam | |
Cycladicama cumingii clam | |
Atactodea stricta clam | |
Dinocardium braunsi cockle
"Vasticardium sp." = Acrosterigma (Vasticardium) Iredale 1927 cockle
Fulvia mutica Reeve 1844 cockle | |
Theora lata clam | |
Cardita leana clam | |
Nucula paulula nut clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
Siphonodentalium sp. Sars 1859 tusk shell | |
Dentalium (Paradentalium) octangulatum tusk shell |