Location
Location TypeGeographical area
Parent LocationSanta Maria
Decimal Latitude36.93003500
Decimal Longitude-25.06925100
Coordinate Uncertainty In Meters658
GeodeticDatumWGS84
CountryPortugal
CountyVila do Porto
LocalityMalbusca
ProtectionDLR 11/2018/A 2018-08-28
Added byMadeira, P. on 2024-03-22
Changed byMadeira, P. on 2024-05-21
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy Parent Unit Type Occurrences
Ponta da Malbusca Pliocene Composite Section Touril Volcano-Sedimentary Complex Lithostratigraphy 41
Specimens
Scientific Name Location Island Group Island
Conus Linnaeus, 1758 Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Conus Linnaeus, 1758 Ponta da Malbusca (Log A) Azores Santa Maria
Acteon semistriatus (Férussac, 1822) Ponta da Malbusca (Log A) Azores Santa Maria
Alvania cancellata (da Costa, 1778) Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Animalia Ponta da Malbusca (Log A) Azores Santa Maria
Bivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 Ponta da Malbusca (Log A) Azores Santa Maria
Bittium nanum (Mayer, 1864) Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Bryozoa Ponta da Malbusca (Log A) Azores Santa Maria
Calyptraea chinensis (Linnaeus, 1758) Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Cirripedia Burmeister, 1834 Ponta da Malbusca (Log A) Azores Santa Maria
Clypeaster altus (Leske, 1778) Ponta da Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Echinocardium Gray, 1825 Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Echinoneus cyclostomus Leske, 1778 Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Echinoneus cyclostomus Leske, 1778 Ponta da Malbusca (Log A) Azores Santa Maria
Echinocyamus pusillus (Müller, 1776) Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Eucidaris tribuloides (Lamarck, 1816) Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Gastropoda Cuvier, 1795 Ponta da Malbusca (Log A) Azores Santa Maria
Lautoconus anomalomamillus (Sacco, 1893) Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Mitra Lamarck, 1798 Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Mollusca Ponta da Malbusca (Log A) Azores Santa Maria
Mollusca Baía de Nossa Senhora Azores Santa Maria
Novocrania turbinata (Poli, 1795) Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Pectinida Gray, 1854 Ponta da Malbusca (Log A) Azores Santa Maria
Pecten dunkeri Mayer, 1864 Ponta da Malbusca (Log A) Azores Santa Maria
Pseudopusula parcicosta (Bronn, 1862) West Fault of Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Rissoina pusilla (Brocchi, 1814) Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Roxania utriculus (Brocchi, 1814) Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Schilderia utriculata (Lamarck, 1810) Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Spatangoida Agassiz, 1840 Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Spatangoida Agassiz, 1840 Ponta da Malbusca (Log A) Azores Santa Maria
Tethystrombus coronatus (Defrance, 1827) Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Tethystrombus coronatus (Defrance, 1827) Baía de Nossa Senhora Azores Santa Maria
Thericium incultum (Mayer, in Bronn in Reiss, 1862) Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Turbo hartungi Bronn, 1861 Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Carcharias acutissima (L. Agassiz, 1843) Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes in J. Müller & Henle, 1839) Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Cosmopolitodus hastalis (L. Agassiz, 1833) Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Ostreida Férussac, 1822 Ponta da Malbusca (Log A) Azores Santa Maria
Sparidae Rafinesque, 1818 Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Sparidae Rafinesque, 1818 West Fault of Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Talochlamys pusio (Linnaeus, 1758) Ponta da Malbusca (Log A) Azores Santa Maria
Zullobalanus santamariaensis Winkelmann, Buckeridge, Costa, Dioniso, Medeiros, Cachao & Avila, 2010 Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
References
Location according to
Rebelo, A. C., Rasser, M. W., Kroh, A., Johnson, M. E., Ramalho, R. S., Melo, C., Uchman, A,.Berning, B., Silva, L., Zanon, V., Neto, A. I., Cachão, M., & Ávila, S. P. (2016). Rocking around a volcanic island shelf: Pliocene rhodolith beds from Malbusca, Santa Maria Island (Azores, NE Atlantic). 1–31. Facies. 62. 3. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10347-016-0473-9.
Georeference Protocol
Rios, N. E., & Bart, H. L. (2010). GEOLocate (Version 3.22). Tulane University Museum of Natural History, Belle Chasse, LA. https://www.geo-locate.org/web/WebGeoref.aspx.