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publications > circular > circular 314 > geology > correlation studies > fauna in wells 1-3, 7-9, 11 & 13


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  >  Fauna in wells
> wells 1-3, 7-9, 11 & 13
- wells 16-18, 22, 23, & 25-27
- wells 29-31, 33 & 34
- wells 36-38 & 41-43
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Correlation Studies

Fauna found in wells 1-3, 7-9, 11 & 13


 

Well 1
Fossils and range Depth
(feet1)
Fresh-water limestone containing Helisoma sp. +4.2
Stratigraphic range: Fort Thompson formation.
Serpula sp. -1.0
"Vitrinellid".  
Calyptraea centralis (Conrad).  
Turritella subannulata Heilprin.  
Cerithium ornatissimum Heilprin.  
Mitra sp.  
Mitrella sp.  
Marginella precursor Dall.  
Cancellaria conradiana Dall.  
"Drillia" pogodula Dall.  
Terebra concava Say.  
Nuculana cf. N. acuta (Conrad).  
Arcopsis adamsi (Shuttleworth).  
Anadara sp. (fragment).  
Ostrea cf. O. sculpturata Conrad (fragment).  
Phacoides (Parvilucina) multilin–eatus Tuomey and Holmes.  
Phacoides (Bellucina) tuomeyi Dall.  
Gemma magna Dall.  
Venus sp. (fragment).  
Chione cancellata Linné.  
Corbula sp.  
Stratigraphic range: Caloosahatchee marl.
Unidentified fragments of a large oyster and other pelecypods -12.0
Stratigraphic range: Formation indeterminate.
Well 2
Natica canrena Linné. -3.0 to -4.0
Turritella subannulata Heilprin  
Cerithium sp.  
Busycon pyrum (Dillwyn).  
Oliva sp. cf. O. carolinae Gardner.  
Terebra sp. aff. T. protexta Conrad.  
Acteocina.  
Arcopsis adamsi (Shuttleworth).  
Anadara cf. A. transversa (Conrad).  
Anomia sp.  
Corbula sp.  
Chione cf. C. cribraria (Conrad).  
Chione cancellata Linné.  
Cardita (Carditamera) floridana (Conrad).  
Stratigraphic range: Caloosahatchee marl.
Well 3
Lunatia? sp. +2.0
Several genera of fresh-water gastropods.
Stratigraphic range: Fort Thompson formation and Caloosahatchee marl.
Nuculana acuta (Conrad). -3.0
Several genera of fresh-water gastropods.
Stratigraphic range: Fort Thompson formation and, possibly, Caloosahatchee marl.

1Datum is mean sea level.

Well 7
Fossils and range Depth
(feet1)
Anadara improcera (Conrad). +6.0
Mulinia congesta (Conrad).  
Stratigraphic range: Formation indeterminate.
Turritella sp.  
Oliva cf. O. carolinae Gardner. -6. 5
Arcopsis adamsi (Shuttleworth).  
Anadara sp.  
Mytilus.  
Parastarte? sp.  
Cardium sp.  
Stratigraphic range: Formation indeterminate.
Well 8
Turritella subannulata Heilprin. +11.0
Oliva cf. O. sayana Ravenel.  
Arneria.  
Dentalium.  
Anadara cf. A. transversa (Conrad).  
Chione cancellata Linné.  
Dosinia sp.  
Transenella? sp.  
Stratigraphic range: Fresh-water and marine mixture of Fort Thompson formation and Caloosahatchee (?) marl.
Well 9
Cerithium glaphyrea var. litharium Dall. +12.5
Marginella limatula Conrad.  
Chione cancellata Linné.  
Stratigraphic range: Caloosahatchee marl.
Marginella sp. +4.0
Anadara transversa Say.  
Mulinia cf. M. lateralis (Say).  
Pecten sp.  
Ostrea sculpturata Conrad.  
Phacoides (Bellucina) tuomeyi Dall.  
Dosinia sp.  
Cardium sp.  
Stratigraphic range: Caloosahatchee marl.
Natica cf. N. canrena (Linné). -2.0
Turritella cf. T. variabilis Conrad.  
Cunearca cf. C. scalaris (Conrad).  
Anadara improcera (Conrad).  
Mulinia congesta (Conrad).  
Pecten sp.  
Chione (Lirophora) latilirata athleta Conrad.  
Chione cancellata Linné.  
Cardium sp.  
Stratigraphic range: Tamiami formation.
"Solariella" sp. -8. 0
Arcopsis adamsi (Shuttleworth).  
Mytilus sp.  
Ostrea sp.  
Cardita (Carditamera) sp.  
Venericardia (Pleuromeris) n. sp.?  
Stratigraphic range: Tamiami formation.

1Datum is mean sea level.

Well 11
Fossils and range Depth
(feet1)
Epitonium sp. +2.0
Cunearca sp.  
Anadara cf. A. delandensis Mansfield.  
Mulinia lateralis (Say).  
Anomia sp.  
Ostrea sp.  
Eontia variabilis MacNeil.  
Chione cancellata Linné.  
Stratigraphic range: Caloosahatchee (?) marl.

1Datum is mean sea level.

Well 13
Fossils and range Depth
(feet1)
Crepidula fornicata Say. .0
Turritella sp. (juvenile).  
Mitrella sp.  
Pleuroliria sp. (fragment).  
Olivella sp.  
Terebra dislocata Say.  
Acteon sp.  
Ostrea sculpturata Conrad.  
Phacoides (Lucinisca) cribrarius (Say).  
Phacoides (Parvilucina) multilineatus (Tuomey and Holmes).  
Chione cancellata Linné.  
Stratigraphic range: Tamiami (?) formation.
Neverita cf. N. duplicata (Say). -10.0
Turritella sp. (juvenile).  
Turritella variabilis Conrad.  
Serpula sp.  
"Nassa" cf. N. consensa Ravenel.  
Marginella limatula Conrad.  
Marginella denticulata Conrad.  
Olivella sp.  
*Cancellaria aff. C. venusta Tuomey and Holmes.  
Conus sp.  
Drillia lunata (Lea).  
Nuculana trochilia (Dall).  
Nuculana acuta (Conrad).  
Anadara improcera (Conrad).  
Cunearca sp.  
Mulinia congesta (Conrad).  
Mytilus sp.  
Pecten sp. cf. P. eboreus Conrad.  
Ostrea sculpturata Conrad.  
Dosinia sp.  
Chione cancellata Linné.  
Stratigraphic range: Tamiami formation.


*More like specimens from Duplin marl at Natural Well, N. C.
1Datum is mean sea level.

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