Cryptospira

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae

Alternative spelling: Marginella (Cryptospira)

Parent taxon: Marginellidae according to T. A. Darragh 2017

See also Adegoke 1977, Mukerjee 1939, Oostingh 1935, Palmer and Brann 1966 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Alaginella, Austroginella, Canalispira, Carinaginella, Dentimargo, Eratoidea, Glabella, Granula, Hyalina, Marginella, Marginellinae, Marginelloninae, Mesoginella, Microvulina, Ovaginella, Pillarginella, Protoginella, Serrata, Triginella, Volutella, Volvarina, Volvarinella

Subtaxa: Cryptospira (Euryentome) Cryptospira hordeastra Marginella (Cryptospira) birmanica Marginella (Cryptospira) dactylus Marginella (Cryptospira) ventricosa

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Distribution:

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (11 collections)

• Pliocene of Indonesia (10)

• Miocene of India (2), Indonesia (8)

• Eocene of Australia (1), France (1), Saudi Arabia (1), the United Kingdom (1)

• Paleocene of Nigeria (1)

Total: 36 collections including 46 occurrences

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