Dentimargo Cossmann 1899 (margin shell)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae

Synonyms: Eburnospira Olsson and Harbison 1953, Marginella (Eburnospira) Olsson and Harbison 1953

Parent taxon: Marginellidae according to J. A. Todd 2001

See also Hendy et al. 2008, Olsson and Harbison 1953, Petuch 1997, Sepkoski 2002, Ward and Blackwelder 1987 and Wilson 1993

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

Subtaxa: Dentimargo aureocinctus Dentimargo dalli Dentimargo eburneola Dentimargo eos Dentimargo polyspira

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the Bahamas (1 collection), Mayotte (1), United States (11: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)

• Pliocene of Costa Rica (3), Panama (16), United States (4: Florida, North Carolina), Venezuela (2)

• Miocene of Indonesia (1), Panama (1)

• Oligocene of United States (1: Florida)

Total: 41 collections including 42 occurrences

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