A review of the occurrence of <i>Corbicula</i> in the Pleistocene of
                  North-West Europe

Meijer, T.; Preece, Richard C.

doi:10.1017/s0016774600021739

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“…According to MEIJER & PREECE (2000), S. V. WOOD found it in Stutton (England) in 1834 and described as Cyrena trigonula. Later, its fossils were also found in France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Austria, Denmark, and in the Russian Far East city of Omsk.…”

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First record of Corbicula fluminalis (O. F. Müller, 1774) (Bivalvia: Corbiculidae) in Poland

Łabęcka¹,

Domagała²,

Rapacz³

2005

Folia Malac.

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A human-modified environment may provide a favourable habitat for acclimation of invasive species. The resulting new niche is often unavailable for the native fauna and, consequently, can be successfully inhabited by alien invaders. This is also due to relatively low competition for food resources and space. New species inhabiting heated waters are being reported increasingly often. Recently, the presence of an Asiatic clam, Corbicula fluminalis (O. F. Müller, 1774), was confirmed in the lower course of the Odra River. This is the second taxon of the genus Corbicula found in Poland, in Western Pomerania, in a heated channel.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

First record of Corbicula fluminalis (O. F. Müller, 1774) (Bivalvia: Corbiculidae) in Poland

Łabęcka¹,

Domagała²,

Rapacz³

2005

Folia Malac.

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“…It is interesting to note, in this respect, that amino acid analyses of post-Elsterian temperate-climate molluscan shells from the Netherlands have revealed four separate groups of ratios, conceivably representing the same four temperate-climate episodes recognized in the Lower Thames (Meijer & Preece, 2000). Ratios from shells collected at Maastricht-Belvedere place the interglacial sediments there in the second-oldest of these groups.…”

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Correlation of English and German Middle Pleistocene fluvial sequences based on mammalian biostratigraphy

Schreve

Bridgland

2002

Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

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In this paper interglacial mammalian assemblages from key Middle Pleistocene fluvial sites in Germany are compared to Mammal Assemblage-Zones (MAZs) recently established in the post-Anglian/Elsterian sequence of the Lower Thames, UK. It is believed that four separate interglacials are represented by the Lower Thames MAZs, correlated with oxygen isotope stages (OIS) 11, 9, 7 and substage 5e (although the last of these is Late Pleistocene). Nowhere in Germany can a full sequence of these interglacials be identified from mammalian evidence in a single terrace staircase, as is the case in the Lower Thames, although further research on the Wipper terraces at Bilzingsleben may identify such a sequence. It is also possible that the sequence of overlapping fluvial channels in the lignite mine at Schoningen will eventually produce a comparable mammalian story. Excellent correspondence has been recognized between the mammalian assemblages at Steinheim an der Murr and Bilzingsleben II and the Swanscombe MAZ from the Thames. These three sites are attributed to the Hoxnian/Holsteinian interglacial and are thought to correlate with OIS 11. Close comparison can also be made between the mammalian sequence from the celebrated travertine locality at Weimar-Ehringsdorf and two separate MAZs from Aveley, in the Thames, attributed to separate substages of OIS 7. An equivalent to the Purfleet MAZ of the Thames, which is believed to correlate with OIS 9, has yet to be identified in Germany.

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“…B. marginata is widespread but C. jluminalis is apparently absent (Table 1), despite apparently suitable environmental conditions and its reputation as a rapid coloniser. Its absence from the UK and the Netherlands during MIS Se therefore appears a genuine occurrence (Meijer and Preece, 2000).…”

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“…However, the close parallels between the British and continental European mammalian and molluscan faunas noted throughout much of the Pleisto cene would apparently belie this. As well as one-off examples, such as the widespread absence of Crocuta crocuta from NW Europe during MIS 11 (Schreve, 2001a) and the absence of Corbicula fiuminalis from MIS Se deposits in the UK and the Netherlands (Meijer and Preece, 2000), the extremely close correspondence at individual site level, for instance between West Runton and Voigtstedt (Stuart, 1981) and between Aveley and Weimar-Ehringsdorf (Schreve and Bridgland, 2002) strongly implies a good degree of faunal intermixing.…”

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confidence: 97%

“…Lozek, 1964a, b;Stuart, 1982;Horacek and Lozek, 1988;Horacek, 1990;Keen, 1990;Kolfschoten, 1990Kolfschoten, , 2000Kovanda et aI., 1995;Preece, 1995aPreece, , 1999Meijer and Preece, 2000), with mammalian assemblages proving particularly useful for distinguishing the four mam post-Elsterian/Anglian interglacials (Schreve, 2001a;Bridgland andSchreve, 2001, 2004;Schreve and Bridgland, 2002;Bridgland et aI., 2004). In pre-Elsterian contexts, a combination of mammalian and molluscan signatures has been used to unravel the complexity of short-lived wann events within the Cromer ian Complex (Kolfschoten and Turner, 1996;Preece and Parfitt, 2000;Stuart and Lister, 2001).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Progress in faunal correlation of Late Cenozoic fluvial sequences 2000–4: the report of the IGCP 449 biostratigraphy subgroup

Schreve

Keen

Limondin-Lozouët

et al. 2007

Quaternary Science Reviews

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Vertebrate and invertebrate faunal biostratigraphy is a well-tested method for establishing relative chronologies for fluviatile sequences that has proved useful in many parts of the world, The robust bones and teeth of large mammals are commonly found in fluviatile deposits, whereas small vertebrates can be readily recovered through systematic sieving of calcareous sediments, as can molluscs, the other major faunal group that has been used for biostratigraphical analysis of fluvial seq uences, Because of their rapid and quantifiable rates of evolution, extinction, body mass change and dispersal during the Late Cenozoic, mammals are especially useful for ordering the fragmentary terrestrial sequence of interglacials and glacials, and proposing correlation with the global marine climatostratigraphic record. Other groups (e.g. reptiles and amphibians, ostracods) are as yet only in the initial stages of development as a dating tool, whereas some (e.g. fish, birds) still require substantial development in order to fully explore their utility. As part of IGCP 449, vertebrate and molluscan assemblages have made important contributions to datasets from a number of areas, notably northern France, central Germany, the Czech Republic and the Ukraine. Further south, mammalian assemblages have proved useful in separating discrete periods of climatic change in Iberia and Syria. At greater distances from the core area of fluvial biostratigraphical archives, significant contributions have come from South America (Uruguay River), South Africa (Vaal) and Australia (Riverine Plain and Lake Eyre drainage basin).

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A review of the occurrence of Corbicula in the Pleistocene of North-West Europe

Cited by 81 publications

References 34 publications

First record of Corbicula fluminalis (O. F. Müller, 1774) (Bivalvia: Corbiculidae) in Poland

First record of Corbicula fluminalis (O. F. Müller, 1774) (Bivalvia: Corbiculidae) in Poland

Correlation of English and German Middle Pleistocene fluvial sequences based on mammalian biostratigraphy

Progress in faunal correlation of Late Cenozoic fluvial sequences 2000–4: the report of the IGCP 449 biostratigraphy subgroup

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