CASPIAN MOLLUSKS IN THE KARANGATIAN BASIN OF THE BLACK SEA (THE LATE PLEISTOCENE)
Journal: Lomonosov Geography Journal
Year: 2023

Biostratigraphic analysis of the cores from the Black Sea shelf in the northeastern part of the basin showed that the exposed Karangatian deposits contain shells of Didacna cristata and Didacna subcatillus mollusks in their upper part. The didacnae are of Caspian origin: they are characteristic species of the Hyrcanian transgressive basin that developed in the Caspian at the beginning of the Late Pleistocene. Mollusks migrated to the Karangatian Basin of the Black Sea through the strait that ope