Dear all
I ilke the discussion about the nomenclature of shell and valve frgmts
And of course it's very important to record them in the suggested ways!!!
Just a hint - I usually (especially in neogastr - like hexaplex...) record and count the sipho-frgmts - and not only "base", which might be used better for rahter compact forms like gibbula.....
This method is very helpful when the apices are underrepresented
Greetings to all alfred
Dr. Alfred Galik
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Dear Christian,
Thanks for clarifying and giving the German terms as well. The central axis of a gastropod is called columella. Best wishes, Daniella
On Aug 9, 2011, at 12:23 PM, Christian Küchelmann wrote:
> Hello Daniella,
>
> you are certainly right to remark that we should use a general
> malacological nomenclature. The paper by Falkner is in German and I
> just translated the terms yesterday without much further thinking.
> However, I found the fragment description of Falkner useful as they
> reflect the fragmentation and preservation patterns that are actually
> found. To be precise now the terms used by Falkner are in English (I
> am referring here to the nomenclature given by Hayward & Ryland 2010,
> 492, 575 and Poppe & Goto 1991, 18-19; 1993, 36):
>
> for Gastropoda:
> Apex
> base (Gehäusebasis)
> whorl fragment (Wand- oder Umgangsfragment)
> Spindle was a term personally added by myself. I do not mean spire but
> the central axis that sometimes remains when all the outer parts
> (whorl, apex, base) are gone (in German 'Spindel'). I have not found
> an appropriate English expression so far.
>
> for Bivalvia:
> umbo (wirbel)
> anterior margin (Vorderrand)
> posterior margin (Hinterrand)
> ventral margin (Unterrand)
> and of course the valve side should be noted if determinable.
>
>
> Best
>
> Christian
>
> References:
> * Hayward, P. J. & Ryland, J. S. (2010): Handbook of the Marine Fauna
> of North-West Europe, 13th reprint, Oxford * Poppe, Guido T. & Goto,
> Yoshihiro (1991): European Seashells, Volume I: Polyplacophora,
> Caudofoveata, Solenogastra, Gastropoda, Wiesbaden * Poppe, Guido T. &
> Goto, Yoshihiro (1993): European Seashells, Volume II: Scaphopoda,
> Bivalvia, Cephalopoda, Wiesbaden
>
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> Am 08.08.2011 um 12:48 schrieb Daniella Bar-Yosef:
>
>> Hello everyone,
>> I think it would be helpful to adopt malacological terms as much as
>> possible. I assume that by wall you mean body ?whorl, and by spindle
>> you mean spire Similarly, "each half of a specimen" of a bivalve is
>> called a valve.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Daniella
>>
>> Dr. Daniella Bar-Yosef
>> Department of Zoology
>> Tel Aviv University
>> Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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>> http://www.mnh.tau.ac.il/?cmd=people.150&act=read&id=283
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>>
>>
>> On Aug 8, 2011, at 11:49 AM, Christian Küchelmann wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Werner,
>>>
>>> for my recent study on the shells from Mogador I have adopted the
>>> classification by Falkner (1981, 4). Bivalvia are divided up in four
>>> sections (umbo, anterior margin, posterior margin, lower margin),
>>> Gastropoda are divided in apex, base, wall and spindle. The
>>> represented parts are recorded. This offers the possibility to give
>>> MNIs.
>>>
>>> Yours
>>>
>>> Christian
>>>
>>> Reference:
>>> Falkner, Gerhard (1981): Molluskenfunde aus den bronzezeitlichen
>>> Siedlungen von Monachil und Purullena (Provinz Granada). - Jahrbuch des Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums Mainz 28, 1-47, Tafel 1
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>>>
>>> Hans Christian Küchelmann
>>> Diplom-Biologe
>>>
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>>> tel: +49 - 421 - 61 99 177
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>>>
>>>
>>> Am 05.08.2011 um 10:00 schrieb BLAKE E.R.R.:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi there,
>>>>
>>>> I've devised the following terminology for defining shell fragment
>>>> types:
>>>>
>>>> Whole: Apex/umbone and body with only partial chipping (<25%); for
>>>> bivalves, this refers to the degree of completeness of each half of the specimen
>>>> Partial: Apex/umbone and body with extensive chipping (>25%)
>>>> Apex: Apex and no body
>>>> Umbone: Umbone and no body
>>>> Fragment: Fragment with no apex/umbone present
>>>>
>>>> Does this help? I've found it quite useful.
>>>>
>>>> Emily
>>>> MA Student
>>>> Durham University
>>>>
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