Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Alternative combination: Prunum maoense
Full reference: C. J. Maury. 1917. Santo Domingo type sections and fossils. Bulletins of American Paleontology 5(30):1-43
Belongs to Marginella according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Maury 1917 and Nehm 2001
Sister taxa: Marginella (Cypraeolina), Marginella (Marginella), Marginella (Nudifaba), Marginella (Stazzania), Marginella adumbrata, Marginella ballista, Marginella brassoensis, Marginella bruchardi, Marginella bulbrooki, Marginella caerulescens, Marginella calvertensis, Marginella capensis, Marginella cordiformis, Marginella culleni, Marginella cypraeaeformis, Marginella dalli, Marginella dalliana, Marginella dariensis, Marginella denticulata, Marginella dentifera, Marginella eburnea, Marginella elevata, Marginella faba, Marginella glabella, Marginella guaica, Marginella guppyana, Marginella halensis, Marginella hematita, Marginella hispaniolana, Marginella instabilata, Marginella latior, Marginella macdonaldi, Marginella majuscula, Marginella mala, Marginella martini, Marginella mindiensis, Marginella minuta, Marginella multifilosa, Marginella musacina, Marginella nipponica, Marginella ovata, Marginella ovulata, Marginella pemphix, Marginella pulchra, Marginella quinqueplicata, Marginella semen, Marginella shepardae, Marginella silabra, Marginella silicifluvia, Marginella simplicissima, Marginella singuensis, Marginella solitaria, Marginella sowerbyi, Marginella varia
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (4 collections)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (52)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Haiti (1)
Total: 58 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.