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Iv. Biology of Crepidula Fornicata Y of Crepidula TULANE STUDIES IN GEOLOGY AND PALEONTOLOGY Volume 22, Number 3 December 28, 1989 PALEOECOLOGY OF CREPIDULA (MOLLUSCA:GASTROPODAJ BEDS, JAMES CITY FORMATION (P LEISTOCENE), NORTH CAROLINA DIANA M. WOODS TULANE UNIVERSITY CONTENTS Page I. ABSTRACT 69 II. INTRODU CTION 70 Ill. METHODS 71 IV. BIOLOGY OF CREPIDULA FORNICATA 73 V. PALEOSYNECOLOG Y OF CREPIDULA BEDS 76 Community Structure of Crepidula Beds Spatial Distributi on Within C.Jornicata Populations Age and Size Distribution of Population Members VI. DISCUSSION 83 De po sitional Setting Ori gin of Crepidula Beds VIL CONCLU SIONS 89 VIII. ACKNOWL EDGMENTS 89 IX . REFEREN CES 89 I. ABSTRACT Taxonomic analysis of the Crepidula beds shows them to contain over 30 species Masses of life-ori e nted valves of the of Mollusca, which are predominantly marine gastropod Crepidula fornicata small, vagrant, carnivorous and grazing (Linn e, 1758) form lenses in the James City gastropods, and infauna!, siphon-feeding Formation (P leistoc ene) of North Carolina. pelecypods. The Crepidula bed com­ The unit s are exposed along the banks of munities were physically controlled com­ the Neuse River estuary in Craven munities whose compositions fluctuated in County, nea r Johnson Point. Three other response to physical factors in the environ­ types of litho logic units, which occur in the ment. bluffs at John son Point and diff er (to vari­ Populations of C. Jornicata from differ­ ous degrees) with respect to taxonomic ent Crepidula beds show similar size-fre­ compo sition and sedimento logy, are dense quency distributions and survivorship clay layers , shell-hash layers, and dis ­ curves. A high rate of mortality for persed shell beds. The primar y distinguish­ juveniles is indicated, followed by lower, ing characteristics of the Crepidula beds but consistently increasing mortality include high shell/matrix rati o, high abun ­ throughout adulthood. This pattern dance of C. Jornicata, and high relative suggests that after the attainment of a proportion of epifaunal suspension feed ­ threshold size, the onset of old age was the ers. Th e Crepidula be ds may be classified major determiner of mortality in the popu­ as "minor simpl e shell beds" (term inology lations. Differences in size data between of Kidw e ll, 1982) produc ed through th e samples may be related to differences in biolog ic acti vity of ep ifaun al organi sms. environmental stability during the periods EDITORIAL COMMITTEE FOR TH IS PAPER: JULES R. DUBAR , B urea u of Eco nom ic Geology, Austin , Texas K. ELAINE HOAGLUND, Association of Systematic Collections, Washington, D. C. WILLI AM MILLER Ill , Humb oldt State University, Arcata, California 69 70 Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology Vol. 22 Jame s City (DuBar and Solliday, 1963) , and strata contain ing den se Crepidula layers are a few kilom eters farther down­ stream, in the vicin ity of John son Point. The measured lateral extent of outcrop containing Crepidula layers at Johnson Point is approximately 150 m. In the type area, the Jam es City Forma­ tion is unconformably overlain by the Flan­ ner Beach Formation and ha s a gentle re­ gional dip to the sou theast (Fi g. 2). The base of the J ames City is not exposed in the type a rea , and the total thickness of the unit is uncertain; but it is not thought to ex­ ceed 15 m (DuBar, Solliday, and Howard, 1974). The James City Formation is one of a series of coastal plain units that were depo- Figure 1. Locality map, Neuse River es­ tuary of eastern North Carolina. when the populatio ns were living on the sea floor. The Crepidula beds were deposited within a shallow, semi-rest ricted basin. The origin of the beds appears to be tied to the current regime and pattern of natural disturbances in the bay. Strong currents, produced through intermittent activation of tidal channels, initiated production of the units. Resurgence of Crepidula Jor­ nicata populations, in response to in­ creased nutrients in the env ironment , re­ sulted in the rapid accum ul ation of shell material. At the same time, a reduced rate of sedimentation abetted the proliferation of epifaunal spec ie s. Termination of Cre­ pidula bed production in the Jame s City Formation is attribut ab le to changes in hy ­ drography of the basin. --------------------------- II. INTRODUCTION YORKTOWN FORMATION The James City Form ation (DuBar and Solliday, 1963) is the oldest strat igraphic unit recognize d in outcrops along the Figure 2. A. Locality map, Neuse River es­ Neuse River estuary, in Craven County of tuary. B. Generalized geolog ic cross-sec­ eastern North Caro lina. Its deposits are. ex­ tion of the study area (after DuBar, Solli­ posed for approximately 6.5 km along the day, and Howard , 1974). Arrows point to banks of the Neuse River, downstream approximate locations , along a traverse from the town of New Bern (Fig. 1). Out­ from northwest to southeast, of the town of crops of the formation are in the extreme James City, JC; the James City type local ­ northwestern end and on the so uth bank of ity, TL; the James City Crepidula beds the estuary. The type locality is locat ed 2.1 (sa mpling area) , CB ; and Johnson Point, km downstream (east) from the town of JP. No. 3 Jam es City Formation Crepidula Beds 71 sited during Pleistocene high -sta nd s of sea individuals in a stack), densely packed level. Blackwelder (1981) estimated the stacks of Crepidula Jornicata (Fig. 3) in age of the unit to be between 1.2 and 1.8 slight ly indurated, silty mud matrix, in million years old; however , the results of which there are also a few sand-filled bur­ more recent investigation s into Atlantic rows. The stacks appear lo be randoml y Coastal Plain stratigraphy sugge st a con­ oriented and most are rotated out of life siderab ly younger age (0. 7 - 1.3 million positions. Crepidula shells are bored and years) for the Jam es City (Cronin et al., enc rusted to varying degrees, but most are 1984). fairly well-preserved. Most other fossils in The Crepidula beds occur as discrete these units are epifaunal species. sedimentologic or biologic units , which are The dispersed shell beds range in thick­ interbedded with three other ty pe s of ness from 0.4 to 0. 75 m and occupy the lithologic units that show repea te d and highest stratigraphic posi tions in the bluffs so mew hat predictable patt e rns of occur­ of the four unit types (immediately below re nce in the outcrops. These oth er unit th e soil and root zone ). The faunas of these types are dense clay layers, shell-hash unit s are generally more diverse than layers and dispersed shell layers . those of the Crepidula beds, but not as di­ The dense clay layers ar e usuall y 5 to 10 verse as those of the shell-hash layers. The cm th ick and consist of moder ately indu­ orientation of shells within the dispersed rated blue clay, with fe w sca ttered fossils. shell beds indicates a depositional setting They occur both as thinner, discontinuou s of relat ively low turbulence. Large clams interbeds between Crepidula beds , and as and oysters, and small stacks (four or thicker (e.g., 0.4 m), more laterally exte n­ fewer individual s) of C. fornicata remain sive layers in the lower regions of some articulated and are often in situ. The mat­ bl uffs. The sparse fossil content of these rix is grey-brown, moderately indurated, units is ma inly isolated single valves or clayey mud. Sand-filled burrows of the sma ll stacks (two or thre e individual s) of sort found in the dense clay layers and Cre­ Crepidula Jornicata , or va lves of A nadara pidula beds were not obse rved in the dis­ aequicostata. Sedimentary structur es are persed shell layers. generally absent, and trace fossils are lim­ ited to a few thin , sand -filled burrow s that III. METHODS contain small pelecypod shells (e.g., Samples were collected during two tnps Nuculana acuta ) and shell fragment s. to the field area. The first trip was essen­ Th e she ll-hash layers tend to be irregu­ tially a reconnaissanc e expedition survey­ lar in shape, with a general thickness ing fauna! content and sedimentology of range of 10 to 20 cm. They are comp osed shell beds along the 150 m extent of out­ ma inly of slightly indurat ed, silty mud and crop containing Crepidula beds. Twelve shell hash , and are situated at about the six-liter bulk samples were collected, and same stratigraphic level as the Crepidula at each sampling station notes were re­ beds (relat ive to the ground sur face) or corded regarding shell density, preserva­ slightly lower. Th eir fossil contents are tion, dispersion, orientation, relative abun predomi nantly small specimens of Mul inia dance of ep i-bionts, and approximate size lateralis and Nuculana acuta, with rela­ and number of individuals in Crepidula tively few broken and disarticula ted adult stacks. These samples were useful for es­ spec imens of Anadara aequicostata and tablishing the general fauna! and sedimen­ Crepidula Jornicata. The shell-hash laye rs tologic compositions of the different shell co nta in the most sand of any of the bed types, but represented too great a lithologic units and probably wer e depo­ span of time to be useful in detailed analy sited under turbulent conditions. sis of preserved community attributes ot The Crepidula bed s are discontinuou s, the assemblages.
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