The field
trip in March to Guindani Canyon did turn up a single specimen of Succinea which
had not been previously found in the modern fauna.Kartchner Caverns Research
Below is
a list of the fossil mollusks collected from Kartchner Caverns. One species
are of particular interest. Pisidium nitidium is found in standing
water. The field
trip in March to Guindani Canyon did turn up a single specimen of Succinea which
had not been previously found in the modern fauna.
| Species |
Mud Flats |
Tunnel and Tarantula Room |
Breakthru Area and Others |
Totals |
| Thysanophora horni |
4 | 4 | ||
| Cochlicopa lubrica |
1 | 1 | ||
| Vertigo modesta ingreso |
1 | 1 | ||
| Succinea spp. |
9 | 23 | 7 | 39 |
| Gastrocopta perversa |
2 | 2 | ||
| Gastrocopta procera |
1 | 1 | ||
| Gastrocopta oligobasodon |
1 | 1 | ||
| Pupilla hebes sinestral |
1 | 1 | ||
| cf. Stagnicola spp. |
1 | 1 | ||
| Chaenaxis tuba |
1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Pupillidae |
1 | 1 | ||
| Pupoides albilabris |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Hawaiia miniscula |
2 | 3 | 23 | 28 |
| Helicodiscus cf. singleyanus |
8 | 24 | 70 | 102 |
| Sonorella spp. |
1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Discus cronkhitei |
2 | 2 | ||
| Holospira spp. |
6 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| Holospira cf. ferrissi |
1 | 1 | ||
| Euconulus fulvus |
7 | 7 | ||
| Retinella indentata paucilirata |
90 | 89 | 182 | 361 |
| Pisidium nitidium |
1 | 1 | ||
| Total |
122 | 155 | 306 | 583 |
Porcupine Cave Research
Porcupine
Cave Mollusks
Last
Updated: 3/9/04
These data are work-in-progress and are to be considered incomplete until the completion of my thesis. Upon completion of the data input and analysis, a comparison between the modern mollusk assemblage and the fossil mollusks from Porcupine Cave will be compiled and posed on this web site.
| Fossil Mollusks from Porcupine Cave | ||||||
| Name | DMNH Specimen Number | Location Number | Location Name | Grid Number | Location Level | Quantity |
| Succinea spp. | 13780 | 644 | Velvet Rm | 13-14 | 7 | 1 |
| Succinea spp. | 5677 | 644 | Velvet Rm | 17 | 18 | 1 |
| Succinea spp. | 5704 | 644 | Velvet Rm | 7 | 10 | 1 |
| Succinea spp. | 5708 | 644 | Velvet Rm | 7 | 22 | 1 |
| Succinea spp. | 5702 | 644 | Velvet Rm | 7 | 23 | 1 |
| Succinea spp. | 5694 | 644 | Velvet Rm | 7 | Below 23 | 1 |
| Succinea spp. | 13768 | 1349 | Mark's Sink (PC-10) | 1 | ||
| Succinea spp. | 5696 | 644 | Velvet Rm | 9 | 11 | 1 |
| Succinea spp. | 13753 | 644 | Velvet Rm | 12 | 13 | 1 |
| Vallonia spp. | 13773 D of A-D | 644 | Velvet Rm | 13-14 | 10B | 2 |
| Succinea spp. | 13773 C of A-D | 644 | Velvet Rm | 13-14 | 10B | 1 |
| Pupilla spp | 13773 B of A-D | 644 | Velvet Rm | 13-14 | 10B | 1 |
| cf. Zonitoides arboreus | 13773 A of A-D | 644 | Velvet Rm | 13-14 | 10B | 2 |
| Vallonia gracilicosta | 13673 B of A-B | 644 | Velvet Rm | 6 | Mixed Level | 3 |
| Snail | 13673 A of A-B | 644 | Velvet Rm | 6 | Mixed Level | 2 |
| Vallonia cyclophorella | 13771 A of A-B | 644 | Velvet Rm | 21 | 18 | 1 |
| Vallonia spp. | 13771 B of A-B | 644 | Velvet Rm | 21 | 18 | 1 |
| Vallonia spp. | 13677 | 644 | Velvet Rm | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| Vallonia spp. | 13751 | 644 | Velvet Rm | 15 | 10F | 1 |
| Vallonia albula | 13767 B of A-D | 1349 | Mark's Sink (PC-10) | 1 | ||
| Vallonia cyclophorella | 13767 D of A-D | 1349 | Mark's Sink (PC-10) | 1 | ||
| Vallonia spp. | 13695 C of A-C | 644 | Velvet Rm | 16 | 17 | 10 |
| Snail | 5691 | 644 | Velvet Rm | 16 | 3 | 4 |
| Vallonia spp. | 13780 B of A-C | 644 | Velvet Rm | 13-14 | 7 | 4 |
| Snail | 13686 | 644 | Velvet Rm | 16 | 19 | 14 |
| Snail | 13693 | 644 | Velvet Rm | 8-8A | 3 | 1 |
| Snail | 13696 | 644 | Velvet Rm | 16 | 18 | 34 |
| Snail | 5711 | 644 | Velvet Rm | 1 | 10 | 4 |
| Snail | 13752 | 644 | Velvet Rm | 12 | 4 | 1 |
| Snail | 5701 | 644 | Velvet Rm | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| Snail | 5690 | 644 | Velvet Rm | 16 | 4 | 1 |
| Snail | 13682 | 644 | Velvet Rm | 8-8A | 10 | 1 |
| Snail | 13674 | 644 | Velvet Rm | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| cf. Zonitoides arboreus | 13695 B of A-C | 644 | Velvet Rm | 16 | 17 | 1 |
| Euconulus spp. | 13695 A of A-C | 644 | Velvet Rm | 16 | 17 | 3 |
| Pupilla spp | 13699 | 644 | Velvet Rm | 13-14 | 10A | 1 |
| Pupilla spp | 13695 | 644 | Velvet Rm | 16 | 17 | 2 |
| Pupilla spp | 5691 | 644 | Velvet Rm | 16 | 3 | 3 |
| Pupilla spp | 13696 | 644 | Velvet Rm | 16 | 18 | 3 |
| Pupilla spp | 13766 | 1349 | Mark's Sink (PC-10) | 1 | ||
| Pupilla spp | 13761 | 644 | Velvet Rm | 15 | 1 | 2 |
| Pupilla spp | 5705 | 644 | Velvet Rm | 7 | 2 | 4 |
| Pupilla spp | 5693 | 644 | Velvet Rm | 16 | 1 | 2 |
| Pupilla spp | 13697 B of A-B | 644 | Velvet Rm | 15 | 10B | 1 |
| Pupilla spp | 5692 | 644 | Velvet Rm | 16 | 2 | 2 |
| Catinella spp. | 13692 | 644 | Velvet Rm | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| Succinea spp. | 13756 | 644 | Velvet Rm | Bilge | 1 | |
| Succinea spp. | 5712 | 644 | Velvet Rm | 5 | 12 | 1 |
| Succinea spp. | 5715 | 644 | Velvet Rm | 6 | 14 | 1 |
| Vallonia spp. | 13672 A of A-B | 644 | Velvet Rm | 6 | 16 | 2 |
| Pupilla spp | 13672 B of A-B | 644 | Velvet Rm | 6 | 16 | 1 |
| Snail | 5713 | 644 | Velvet Rm | 5 | 10 | 1 |
| Vallonia spp. | 5686 B of A-B | 644 | Velvet Rm | 16 | 11 | 1 |
| Zonitoides arboreus | 5675 B of A-B | 644 | Velvet Rm | 13-14 | 7 | 1 |
| Vallonia spp. | 13684 | |||||