Location
Location TypeGeographical area
Parent LocationAçores
Decimal Latitude36.97784200
Decimal Longitude-25.10045300
Maximum elevation in meters587
Coordinate Uncertainty In Meters9565
GeodeticDatumWGS84
CountryPortugal
Stratigraphy - Max-min AgeMiocene
ProtectionDLR 11/2018/A 2018-08-28
Added byMadeira, P. on 2024-02-05
Changed byMadeira, P. on 2024-05-21
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy Parent Unit Type Occurrences
Pliocene Neogene Chronostratigraphy 20
Specimens
Scientific Name Location Island Group Island
Cerithium Bruguière, 1789 Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Conus Linnaeus, 1758 Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Conus Linnaeus, 1758 Ponta dos Frades Azores Santa Maria
Conus Linnaeus, 1758 Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Conus Linnaeus, 1758 Ponta da Malbusca (Log A) Azores Santa Maria
Dendropoma cristatum (Biondi-Giunti, 1859) Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Anomia Linnaeus, 1758 Pedra-que-Pica Azores Santa Maria
Bulla mabillei Locard, 1897 Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Conus ermineus Born, 1778 Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Geomitridae C. R. Boettger, 1909 Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810 Santa Maria Azores Santa Maria
Laevicardium oblongum (Gmelin, 1791) Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Ostreidae Rafinesque, 1815 Pedra-que-Pica Azores Santa Maria
Otodus megalodon (Agassiz, 1843) Cré Azores Santa Maria
Stylommatophora A. Schmidt, 1855 Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Fossarus ambiguus (Linnaeus, 1758) Lagoinhas Azores Santa Maria
Fossarus ambiguus (Linnaeus, 1758) Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus, 1758 Lagoinhas Azores Santa Maria
Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus, 1758 Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Patella Linnaeus, 1758 Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Patella aspera Röding, 1798 Cré Azores Santa Maria
Patella aspera Röding, 1798 Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Patella piperata Gould, 1846 Cré Azores Santa Maria
Acteon semistriatus (Férussac, 1822) Ponta da Malbusca (Log A) Azores Santa Maria
Alvania cancellata (da Costa, 1778) Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Alvania mediolittoralis Gofas, 1989 Ponta do Castelo Azores Santa Maria
Alvania sleursi (Amati, 1987) Ponta do Castelo Azores Santa Maria
Alvania sleursi (Amati, 1987) Ponta dos Frades Azores Santa Maria
Amphistegina d'Orbigny, 1826 Pedreira do Campo Azores Santa Maria
Animalia Cré Azores Santa Maria
Animalia Pedra-que-Pica Azores Santa Maria
Animalia Ponta da Malbusca (Log A) Azores Santa Maria
Arbacia lixula (Linnaeus, 1758) Lagoinhas Azores Santa Maria
Arbacia lixula (Linnaeus, 1758) Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Aspa marginata (Gmelin, 1791) Cré Azores Santa Maria
Aspa marginata (Gmelin, 1791) Ponta do Castelo Azores Santa Maria
Aspa marginata (Gmelin, 1791) Ponta do Cedro Azores Santa Maria
Balaenopteridae Gray, 1864 Cré Azores Santa Maria
Balaenopteridae Gray, 1864 Santa Maria Azores Santa Maria
Bellardithala obsoleta (Brocchi, 1814) Ponta dos Frades Azores Santa Maria
Bittium Gray, 1847 Ponta do Castelo Azores Santa Maria
Bivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 Cré Azores Santa Maria
Bivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 Figueiral Azores Santa Maria
Bivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 Macela (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Bivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 Pedra-que-Pica Azores Santa Maria
Bivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Bivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 Ponta da Malbusca (Log A) Azores Santa Maria
Bivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 Pedreira do Campo Azores Santa Maria
Bivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 Ponta Negra (São Lourenço) Azores Santa Maria
Bittium miradouroense Sacchetti, Landau & Ávila, 2023 Macela (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Bittium nanum (Mayer, 1864) Lagoinhas Azores Santa Maria
Bittium nanum (Mayer, 1864) Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Bittium nanum (Mayer, 1864) Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Bryozoa Figueiral Azores Santa Maria
Bryozoa Pedra-que-Pica Azores Santa Maria
Bryozoa Ponta da Malbusca (Log A) Azores Santa Maria
Calyptraea chinensis (Linnaeus, 1758) Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Cancilla volvaria (Bronn, 1862) Ponta do Castelo Azores Santa Maria
Cancilla volvaria (Bronn, 1862) Ponta dos Frades Azores Santa Maria
Cerithiopsis Forbes & Hanley, 1850 Lagoinhas Azores Santa Maria
Cerithiopsis Forbes & Hanley, 1850 Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Cerithiopsis tubercularis (Montagu, 1803) Lagoinhas Azores Santa Maria
Cerithiopsis tubercularis (Montagu, 1803) Ponta do Castelo Azores Santa Maria
Cheilea equestris (Linnaeus, 1758) Ponta do Castelo Azores Santa Maria
Cheilea equestris (Linnaeus, 1758) Pedra-que-Pica Azores Santa Maria
Cirripedia Burmeister, 1834 Ponta da Malbusca (Log A) Azores Santa Maria
Clypeaster Lamarck, 1801 Ponta Negra (São Lourenço) Azores Santa Maria
Clypeaster altus (Leske, 1778) Cré Azores Santa Maria
Clypeaster altus (Leske, 1778) Pedra-que-Pica Azores Santa Maria
Clypeaster altus (Leske, 1778) Ponta da Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Clathrella clathrata (R. A. Philippi, 1844) Ponta do Castelo Azores Santa Maria
Clathrella clathrata (R. A. Philippi, 1844) Ponta dos Frades Azores Santa Maria
Corallinales Figueiral Azores Santa Maria
Costoanachis semicostata (Sacco, 1890) Macela (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Costoanachis semicostata (Sacco, 1890) Pedra-que-Pica Azores Santa Maria
Costoanachis semicostata (Sacco, 1890) Ponta dos Frades Azores Santa Maria
Crassopleura maravignae (Bivona, 1838) Vinha Velha Azores Santa Maria
Cylichna Lovén, 1846 Macela (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Pedra-que-Pica Azores Santa Maria
Distorsio mcgintyi Emerson & Puffer, 1953 Pedra-que-Pica Azores Santa Maria
Echinocardium Gray, 1825 Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Echinocardium Gray, 1825 Ponta dos Frades Azores Santa Maria
Echinoneus cyclostomus Leske, 1778 Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Echinoneus cyclostomus Leske, 1778 Ponta do Castelo Azores Santa Maria
Echinoneus cyclostomus Leske, 1778 Pedra-que-Pica Azores Santa Maria
Echinoneus cyclostomus Leske, 1778 Ponta da Malbusca (Log A) Azores Santa Maria
Echinocyamus pusillus (Müller, 1776) Cré Azores Santa Maria
Echinocyamus pusillus (Müller, 1776) Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Echinocyamus pusillus (Müller, 1776) Ponta do Castelo Azores Santa Maria
Echinocyamus pusillus (Müller, 1776) Pedra-que-Pica Azores Santa Maria
Emarginula octaviana Coen, 1939 Ponta do Castelo Azores Santa Maria
Epitonium Röding, 1798 Lagoinhas Azores Santa Maria
Epitonium Röding, 1798 Pedra-que-Pica Azores Santa Maria
Epitonium Röding, 1798 Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Erato mayeri Sacchetti, Landau & Ávila, 2023 Ponta do Castelo Azores Santa Maria
Erato mayeri Sacchetti, Landau & Ávila, 2023 Pedra-que-Pica Azores Santa Maria
Erato mayeri Sacchetti, Landau & Ávila, 2023 Ponta dos Frades Azores Santa Maria
Eucidaris tribuloides (Lamarck, 1816) Cré Azores Santa Maria
Eucidaris tribuloides (Lamarck, 1816) Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Eucidaris tribuloides (Lamarck, 1816) Ponta do Castelo Azores Santa Maria
Eucidaris tribuloides (Lamarck, 1816) Pedra-que-Pica Azores Santa Maria
Favartia suboblonga (d’Orbigny, 1852) Ponta do Cedro Azores Santa Maria
Gastropoda Cuvier, 1795 Lagoinhas Azores Santa Maria
Gastropoda Cuvier, 1795 Pedra-que-Pica Azores Santa Maria
Gastropoda Cuvier, 1795 Ponta da Malbusca (Log A) Azores Santa Maria
Gigantopecten latissimus (Brocchi, 1814) Figueiral Azores Santa Maria
Gigantopecten latissimus (Brocchi, 1814) Pedra-que-Pica Azores Santa Maria
Hipponix sulcatus (Borson, 1820) Ponta do Castelo Azores Santa Maria
Janthina typica (Bronn, 1861) Ponta do Castelo Azores Santa Maria
Lautoconus anomalomamillus (Sacco, 1893) Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Lautoconus anomalomamillus (Sacco, 1893) Ponta do Cedro Azores Santa Maria
Lucinella divaricata (Linnaeus, 1758) Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Macromphalina depressa (Boettger, 1907) Ponta do Castelo Azores Santa Maria
Mathilda quadricarinata (Brocchi, 1814) Ponta do Castelo Azores Santa Maria
Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850 Cré Azores Santa Maria
Mitra Lamarck, 1798 Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Mollusca Cré Azores Santa Maria
Mollusca Macela (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Mollusca Pedra-que-Pica Azores Santa Maria
Mollusca Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Mollusca Ponta da Malbusca (Log A) Azores Santa Maria
Mollusca Baía de Nossa Senhora Azores Santa Maria
Nerita funata Dujardin, 1837 Ponta do Castelo Azores Santa Maria
Novocrania turbinata (Poli, 1795) Cré Azores Santa Maria
Novocrania turbinata (Poli, 1795) Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Novocrania turbinata (Poli, 1795) Ponta do Castelo Azores Santa Maria
Novocrania turbinata (Poli, 1795) Pedra-que-Pica Azores Santa Maria
Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816) Lagoinhas Azores Santa Maria
Pecten O. F. Müller, 1776 Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Pectinidae Rafinesque, 1815 Pedra-que-Pica Azores Santa Maria
Pectinidae Rafinesque, 1815 Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Pectinida Gray, 1854 Cré Azores Santa Maria
Pectinida Gray, 1854 Figueiral Azores Santa Maria
Pectinida Gray, 1854 Pedra-que-Pica Azores Santa Maria
Pectinida Gray, 1854 Ponta da Malbusca (Log A) Azores Santa Maria
Pecten dunkeri Mayer, 1864 Pedra-que-Pica Azores Santa Maria
Pecten dunkeri Mayer, 1864 Ponta da Malbusca (Log A) Azores Santa Maria
Petaloconchus intortus (Lamarck, 1818) Ponta do Castelo Azores Santa Maria
Petaloconchus intortus (Lamarck, 1818) Ponta do Cedro Azores Santa Maria
Plantae Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Polychaeta Grube, 1850 Figueiral Azores Santa Maria
Polychaeta Grube, 1850 Pedra-que-Pica Azores Santa Maria
Porifera Grant, 1836 Pedra-que-Pica Azores Santa Maria
Pseudopusula parcicosta (Bronn, 1862) Ponta do Castelo Azores Santa Maria
Pseudopusula parcicosta (Bronn, 1862) Pedra-que-Pica Azores Santa Maria
Pseudopusula parcicosta (Bronn, 1862) Ponta do Cedro Azores Santa Maria
Pseudopusula parcicosta (Bronn, 1862) West Fault of Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Psilaxis simplex (Bronn, 1831) Ponta dos Frades Azores Santa Maria
Pyrgostylus abreui (Peñas & Rolán 2000) Ponta do Castelo Azores Santa Maria
Rhodophyta Pedra-que-Pica Azores Santa Maria
Rissoina pusilla (Brocchi, 1814) Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Rissoina pusilla (Brocchi, 1814) Pedra-que-Pica Azores Santa Maria
Rissoina pusilla (Brocchi, 1814) Ponta dos Frades Azores Santa Maria
Roxania utriculus (Brocchi, 1814) Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Schizobrissus Pomel, 1869 Pedra-que-Pica Azores Santa Maria
Schilderia utriculata (Lamarck, 1810) Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Schilderia utriculata (Lamarck, 1810) Ponta do Cedro Azores Santa Maria
Schilderia utriculata (Lamarck, 1810) Pedreira do Campo Azores Santa Maria
Spatangoida Agassiz, 1840 Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Spatangoida Agassiz, 1840 Pedra-que-Pica Azores Santa Maria
Spatangoida Agassiz, 1840 Ponta da Malbusca (Log A) Azores Santa Maria
Sphaerechinus granularis (Lamarck, 1816) Lagoinhas Azores Santa Maria
Sphaerechinus granularis (Lamarck, 1816) Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Stephanoconus candidatus (Mayer, 1862) Ponta dos Frades Azores Santa Maria
Talisman scrobilator (Linnaeus, 1758) Ponta dos Frades Azores Santa Maria
Talisman scrobilator (Linnaeus, 1758) Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Tethystrombus coronatus (Defrance, 1827) Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Tethystrombus coronatus (Defrance, 1827) Baía de Nossa Senhora Azores Santa Maria
Tenagodus obtusus (Schumacher, 1817) Ponta do Castelo Azores Santa Maria
Thylacodes arenarius (Linnaeus, 1758) Ponta do Cedro Azores Santa Maria
Thericium incultum (Mayer, in Bronn in Reiss, 1862) Macela (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Thericium incultum (Mayer, in Bronn in Reiss, 1862) Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Tritia serraticosta (Hörnes, 1852) Macela (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Tritia serraticosta (Hörnes, 1852) Ponta dos Frades Azores Santa Maria
Turbo hartungi Bronn, 1861 Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Anachis avaroides F. Nordsieck, 1975 Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Bractechlamys corallinoides (A. d\'Orbigny, 1840) Pedra-que-Pica Azores Santa Maria
Bractechlamys corallinoides (A. d\'Orbigny, 1840) Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Bursa scrobilator (Linnaeus, 1758) Vinha Velha Azores Santa Maria
Caecum armoricum de Folin, 1869 Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Caecum gofasi Pizzini & Nofroni, 2001 Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758 Vinha Velha Azores Santa Maria
Cantharus variegatus (Gray, 1839) Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Cardium Linnaeus, 1758 Pedra-que-Pica Azores Santa Maria
Carcharias acutissima (L. Agassiz, 1843) Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes in J. Müller & Henle, 1839) Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes in J. Müller & Henle, 1839) Santa Maria Azores Santa Maria
Charonia lampas (Linnaeus, 1758) Vinha Velha Azores Santa Maria
Conus miruchae Röckel, Rolán & Monteiro, 1980 Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Conus roeckeli Rolán, 1980 Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Conus venulatus Hwass, 1792 Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Coralliophila meyendorffii (Calcara, 1845) Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Cosmopolitodus hastalis (L. Agassiz, 1833) Cré Azores Santa Maria
Cosmopolitodus hastalis (L. Agassiz, 1833) Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Cosmopolitodus hastalis (L. Agassiz, 1833) Pedra-que-Pica Azores Santa Maria
Cosmopolitodus hastalis (L. Agassiz, 1833) Santa Maria Azores Santa Maria
Ensis Schumacher, 1817 Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Ervilia castanea (Montagu, 1803) Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Euspira guilleminii (Payraudeau, 1826) Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Gemophos viverratus (Kiener, 1834) Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Haedropleura septangularis (Montagu, 1803) Lagoinhas Azores Santa Maria
Isara nigra (Gmelin, 1791) Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Labrodon pavimentatum Gervais, 1857 Pedra-que-Pica Azores Santa Maria
Leiosolenus aristatus (Dillwyn, 1817) Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Liocarcinus Stimpson, 1871 Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Littorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792) Lagoinhas Azores Santa Maria
Maja brachydactyla Balss, 1922 Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Maja brachydactyla Balss, 1922 Vinha Velha Azores Santa Maria
Melarhaphe neritoides (Linnaeus, 1758) Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Mitrella Risso, 1826 Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Mitromorpha azorensis Mifsud, 2001 Lagoinhas Azores Santa Maria
Mitromorpha azorensis Mifsud, 2001 Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Mitra cornea Lamarck, 1811 Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Mitrella ocellata (Gmelin, 1791) Vinha Velha Azores Santa Maria
Morula nodulosa (C. B. Adams, 1845) Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Myosotella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801) Lagoinhas Azores Santa Maria
Natica Scopoli, 1777 Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Noetiidae R. B. Stewart, 1930 Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Notorynchus primigenius L. Agassiz, 1835 Santa Maria Azores Santa Maria
Ostreida Férussac, 1822 Pedra-que-Pica Azores Santa Maria
Ostreida Férussac, 1822 Ponta da Malbusca (Log A) Azores Santa Maria
Pachygrapsus marmoratus (Fabricius, 1787) Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Pachygrapsus marmoratus (Fabricius, 1787) Vinha Velha Azores Santa Maria
Pachygrapsus maurus (Lucas, 1846) Vinha Velha Azores Santa Maria
Paludinella globularis (Hanley, 1844) Lagoinhas Azores Santa Maria
Paludinella globularis (Hanley, 1844) Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Paratodus benedenii (Le Hon, 1871) Santa Maria Azores Santa Maria
Patella vulgata Linnaeus, 1758 Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Polinices lacteus (Guilding, 1834) Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Portunoidea Rafinesque, 1815 Pedra-que-Pica Azores Santa Maria
Semicassis Mörch, 1852 Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Semicassis granulata (Born, 1778) Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Sparidae Rafinesque, 1818 Cré Azores Santa Maria
Sparidae Rafinesque, 1818 Figueiral Azores Santa Maria
Sparidae Rafinesque, 1818 Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Sparidae Rafinesque, 1818 Pedra-que-Pica Azores Santa Maria
Sparidae Rafinesque, 1818 Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Sparidae Rafinesque, 1818 West Fault of Malbusca Azores Santa Maria
Sparisoma cretense (Linnaeus, 1758) Pedra-que-Pica Azores Santa Maria
Sparisoma cretense (Linnaeus, 1758) Ponta dos Frades Azores Santa Maria
Sparisoma cretense (Linnaeus, 1758) Vinha Velha Azores Santa Maria
Stramonita haemastoma (Linnaeus, 1767) Cré Azores Santa Maria
Stramonita haemastoma (Linnaeus, 1767) Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Talochlamys pusio (Linnaeus, 1758) Ponta da Malbusca (Log A) Azores Santa Maria
Tellina Linnaeus, 1758 Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Tectarius striatus (P. P. King, 1832) Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Tetrarca tetragona (Poli, 1795) Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Upogebia azorensis Hyžný in Hyžný, Melo, Ramalho, Cordeiro, Madeira, Baptista, Rebelo, Gómez, Uchman, Johnson, Berning & Ávila, 2021 Macela (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815 Prainha (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Xantho Leach, 1814 Vinha Velha Azores Santa Maria
Zullobalanus santamariaensis Winkelmann, Buckeridge, Costa, Dioniso, Medeiros, Cachao & Avila, 2010 Malbusca Azores Santa Maria