Sample Detail of
Sample: Sample No. 80AHz2A -- USGS No. Cenozoic loc. M7866
Locality: Field No. 80AHz2A
Description: Shells from modern beach in Flaxman Island (A-3) quadrangle, at 70o, 03.10 min., N; 145o, 24 min., W.
Location: Alaska Quadrangle: Flaxman Island A-3
Lat.: 70o03.10 ' Long.: 145o24' "
Reference
Title: Report on Referred Fossils ,  1981 (05/13)
This report deals with two collections of modern mollusks collected from beaches on the Arctic Ocean coast of Alaska. Dave Hopkin's project number is 9310-01526.
Report by: Louie Marincovich , Jr. , Dale Russell
Referred by: David M. Hopkins
Age: Holocene
Comment:All taxa are known living along adjacent modern coastline.
Occurrence(s)
No. Group Name Qty Notes
1 Bivalves Astarte borealis Schumacher
2 Bivalves Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus)
3 Bivalves Musculus discors (Linnaeus)
4 Bivalves Musculus niger (Gray)
5 Bivalves Cyrtodaria kurriana Dunker
6 Bivalves Mya (Mya) truncata Linnaeus
7 Bivalves Serripes groenlandicus (Bruguiere)
8 Bivalves Lyonsia (Lyonsia) arenosa (Moeller)
9 Snails Plicifusus kroyeri (Moeller)
10 Snails Neptunea (Neptunea) heros heros (Gray)
11 Snails Neptunea (Neptunea) cf. N. (N.) heros heros (Gray)
12 Snails Colus spitzbergensis (Reeve)
13 Snails Natica (Cryptonatica) clausa Broderip & Sowerby
14 Snails Amauropsis islandica (Gmelin)
15 Snails Polinices (Euspira) new species?
16 Snails Buccinum angulosum Gray
17 Snails Buccinum cf. B. angulosum Gray
18 Snails Buccinum polare Gray
19 Snails Buccinum cf. B. polare Gray
20 Snails Buccinum sp. indet. - worn