Strombidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of a Quaternary emerged coral terrace at Gebel Tanka, eastern side of the Gulf of Suez | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Geology | ||
| Volume 69, Issue 1, 2025, Pages 283-300 PDF (1.85 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/egjg.2025.424678.1129 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mahmoud Hassan Aboelmagd* 1; Anhar Hasan Asan2; Amin Marco Strougo3 | ||
| 1Piece 227 (B), 10th Residential Area, Sadat City, Menoufia. | ||
| 2Geology department Ain Shams University Faculty of Science | ||
| 3Geology department, Faculty of Science Ain Shams University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This work reports the occurrence of six species of the gastropod family Strombidae belonging to 5 genera collected from a Quaternary emerged coral terrace at Gebel Tanka, eastern side of the Gulf of Suez. Four species are reported for the first time from the Pleistocene coral terraces of the Gulf of Suez; i.e., Canarium erythrinum (Dillwyn, 1817), Canarium fusiforme (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842), Dolomena? sp. and Lambis truncata sebae (Kiener, 1843). One species– Gibberulus albus (Mörch, 1850)– was reported in the Mediterranean. The six species were systematically discussed, and their geographical distribution and habit and habitat outlined. The studied outcrop is assigned by several authors to Marine Isotope Stage 5e (~ 125 ky ago). | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Gebel Tanka; Pleistocene terrace; Quaternary emerged coral terrace; Strombidae; Gulf of Suez | ||
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