The Caribbean collection in the Naturhistorisches Museum Basel

The following genera can be found in the collection:

• Strombus
• Persististrombus
• Lobatus

Strombus

Strombus bifrons Sowerby, 1850; Bowden Formation, Pliocene; Bowden, Jamaica; 70 mm; Coll. Jooss & Strasser, 3/1931; Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Basel loc. no. 10635; Photo Virgilio Liverani

• SE coast. Port Morant, E side. Originally 5 localities within the Bowden Fm., in an area not exceeding 200 m2. No exact geographical data are given. Partly marked as B1-B5.
  All 5 localities must have been east of Port Morant (type locality of Bowden Fm)

Strombus pugiloides Guppy, 1873; Bowden Formation, Pliocene; Bowden Shop, Bowden, Jamaica; Bowden shell bed, Outcrop opened by bulldozer; Coll. E. Robinson, P. Jung, Myrtle Haase et al., 12.5.1969;
Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Basel loc. no. 11146; Photo Virgilio Liverani

Strombus pugiloides Guppy, 1873; Bowden Formation, Pliocene; Bowden Shop, Bowden, Jamaica; Bowden shell bed, outcrop opened by bulldozer; Coll. E. Robinson, P. Jung, Myrtle Haase et al., 12.5.1969;
Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Basel loc. no. 11146; Photo Virgilio Liverani

Strombus aff. dodoneus Gardner, 1947; basal Caujarao Formation, late middle Miocene; San Rafael, 3.5 km SSW of Pueblo Cumarebo
Is the El Busco NMB loc. no. 13665, but this name is non-geographical, and is unacceptable. Small sst. outcrop among houses 100 m S of road at W end of San Rafael,Falcon,Venezuela;
Ex-coll. J., W., & F. Gibson-Smith, 1974-80; Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Basel loc. no. 17529; Photo Virgilio Liverani

Persististrombus

Persististrombus barrigonensis (Jung & Heitz, 2001); Cerro Negro member, Cubagua Formation, lower Pliocene; North of Cerro Barrigon, Araya peninsula, Venezuela

1. Holotype; Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Basel no. H 17848
2. Paratype; Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Basel no. H 17849

Persististrombus toroensis (Jung & Heitz, 2001); Cayo Agua Formation, early Pliocene; northeast coast of Cayo Agua, Bocas del Toro, Panama

1. Holotype; Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Basel no. H 17865
2. Paratype; Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Basel no. H 17845

1. Persististrombus insulanus (Jung & Heitz, 2001); Holotype; Escudo de Veraguas Formation, Piacenzian, middle Pliocene; Escudo de Veraguas Island, Panama; 53 mm;
   Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Basel no. H 17842
2. Persististrombus cf. insulanus (Jung & Heitz, 2001); Grand Bay Formation, early middle Miocene; 150m NW of Point Saint-Hilaire, Carriacou, Grenadines, Lesser Antilles; 42 mm;
   Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Basel no. H 17846

Persististrombus sp. from Jung & Heitz, 2001

1. Persististrombus sp. A; Mataruca Member of Caujarao Formation, late Miocene; Cementerio de Canizal, Falcón, Venezuela; 59 mm; Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Basel no. H 17850
2. Persististrombus sp. A; see 1; 63 mm; Coll. Naturhistorische Museum Basel no. H 17851
3. Persististrombus sp. B; Nancy Point Formation, late Miocene; 5 km SE of Cayo Patterson, SW-coast of Valiente Peninsula, Bocas del Toro, Panama; 55 mm; Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Basel no. H 17852

Persististrombus sp. from Jung & Heitz, 2001

1. Persististrombus sp. C; El Porvenir beds, middle or late Miocene; 200 m south of El Porvenir and 7 km WNW of Pueblo Nuevo, Paraguaná Peninsula, Falcón, Venezuela; 44 mm;
   Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Basel no. H 17858
2. Persististrombus sp. D; Armuelles Formation, Pleistocene; 400 m S of Boca Quebrada Corotú, east coast of Burica Peninsula, Chiriquí, Panama; 37 mm; Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Base no. H 17863
3. Persististrombus sp. E; Bowder Formation, early Pliocene; Bowden, Port Morant, Jamaica; 42 mm; Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Basel no. H 17864

Persististrombus granulatus (Swainson, 1822)

1. Armuelles Formation, 450.000 yr, Pleistocene; 100 m S of Boca Quebrada Corotu, Burica Peninsula, Panama; 75 mm; Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Basel no. H 17844
2. Isla Pedro González, Archipiélago de Las Perlas, Panama; dredged in 40-45 ft; 34 mm; Ex-coll. Marcos Alvarez; Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Basel no. H 17853, covered with Gold for Electron Scanning
3. Armuelles Formation, 450.000 yr, Pleistocene; 100 m S of Boca Quebrada Corotu, Burica Peninsula, Panama; 32 mm; Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Basel no. H 17843

Lobatus

1. Lobatus fetus (Jung & Heitz, 2001); Holotype; Escudo de Veraguas Formation, Piacenzian-Gelasian, upper Pliocene; Escudo de Veraguas, Panama;

Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Basel no. H 17854

1. Lobatus cf. fetus (Jung & Heitz, 2001); Cayo Agua Formation, Piacenzian, upper Pliocene; Punta Piedra Roja, Cayo Agua, Bocas del Toro, Panama;

Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum no. H 17855

1. Lobatus cf. raninus (Gmelin, 1791); Pleistocene; Champ de Tir, Port au Prince, Haiti, Hispaniola Island, Greater Antilles, Caribbean; Ex-coll. H.G. Kugler, 1928; Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Basel no. H17862
2. Lobatus raninus (Gmelin, 1791); Boca Chica Formation, Holocene; Laguna de Boca Chica, Isla Margarita, Venezuela; Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Basel no. H 17861
3. Lobatus cf. raninus (Gmelin, 1791); early Pleistocene; 250 m west of "The Landlock", North East coast, Barbados; Ex-coll. P. Büsser, 1978; Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Basel no. H 17873

Lobatus aff. raninus (Gmelin, 1791); Gurabo Formation, lower Pliocene; roadcut at K17, highway from Santiago to San José de las matas, west of bridge over Río Yaque del Norte at Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, Hispaniola Island, Greater Antilles, Caribbean, Hispaniola Island, Greater Antilles, Caribbean; 77 mm; Ex-coll. H. & E. Vokes; Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Basel no. H 17806

Lobatus galliformis (Pilsbry & Johnson, 1917); Gurabo Formation, lower Pliocene; Cibao Valley, Río Gurabo, Dominican Republic, Hispaniola Island, Greater Antilles, Caribbean; 106 mm; Coll. P. Jung & A. Eva, 24.1.1978;
Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Basel loc. no. 15871; Photo Virgilio Liverani

Lobatus vokesae Landau, Kronenberg & Herbert, 2008; Gurabo Formation, lower Pliocene; Cibao Valley, Río Gurabo, Dominican Republic, Hispaniola Island, Greater Antilles, Caribbean; Coll. P. Jung & J. Geister, 17.3.1979
Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Basel loc. no. 16810; Photo Virgilio Liverani