Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Alternative spellings: Microspira, Voluta (Microspira)
Synonyms: Marginella (Egouena) Jousseaume 1875, Marginella (Leptegonana) Woodring 1928, Marginella (Leptegouana) Woodring 1928, Prunum (Leptegouana) Woodring 1928
Parent taxon: Prunum according to W. P. Woodring 1970
See also Abbass 1967, DuBar 1958, Olsson 1967, Olsson and Harbison 1953 and Woodring 1928
Sister taxa: Marginella (Prunum) circumvittata, Marginella (Prunum) pseudoorientalis, Marginella (Prunum) soriensis, Marginella (Prunum) tegalensis, Marginella (Prunum) unistriata, Prunum (Egouana), Prunum (Prunum), Prunum (Prunum) dallianum, Prunum amabile, Prunum amina, Prunum apicinum, Prunum aurora, Prunum calypsonis, Prunum carmenguiterrezae, Prunum christineladdae, Prunum circumvittatum, Prunum colinensis, Prunum coniforme, Prunum dasum, Prunum domingoense, Prunum eleutheria, Prunum gatunense, Prunum gibsonsmithi, Prunum gibsonsmithorum, Prunum jessicae, Prunum latissimum, Prunum limatulum, Prunum limonensis, Prunum lipara, Prunum macneili, Prunum mauryense, Prunum nivosum, Prunum pruinosum, Prunum prunum, Prunum quirosense, Prunum roscidum, Prunum sandrae, Prunum springvalensis, Prunum suteri, Prunum willcoxianum
Subtaxa: Marginella (Leptegonana) onichidella Marginella (Leptegonana) precursor Marginella (Leptegouana) hulini Microspira donovani Prunum (Leptegouana) nefertitae Prunum (Microspira) apalachee Voluta (Microspira) oviformis
Type: Voluta (Microspira) oviformis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (4: Florida, North Carolina collections)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Panama (2), United States (2: Florida)
• Eocene of Egypt (1), United States (6: Alabama, Mississippi)
Total: 17 collections including 21 occurrences