Prunum (Microspira) apalachee Gardner 1947 (margin shell)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae

Alternative combination: Marginella (Egouena) apalachee

Full reference: J. R. Gardner. 1947. The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper (142A-H)1-709

Belongs to Prunum (Microspira) according to W. P. Woodring 1970

See also Gardner 1947

Sister taxa: Microspira donovani, Voluta (Microspira) oviformis, Marginella (Leptegonana) precursor, Marginella (Leptegonana) onichidella, Marginella (Leptegouana) hulini, Prunum (Leptegouana) nefertitae

Type specimen: USNM 114479, a shell. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 2211 - Alum Bluff, lower bed, which is in a Burdigalian marine marl/sandstone in the Chipola Formation of Florida.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Panama (1 collection), United States (2: Florida)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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