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Granula

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae

Taxonomy
Granula was named by Jousseaume (1875) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Marginella (Granula) by Ladd (1982).

It was assigned to Cystiscinae by Hickman (1980); to Marginella by Ladd (1982); to Marginellidae by Todd (2001); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Granula Jousseaume
1980Granula Hickman p. 65
1982Marginella (Granula) Ladd p. 58
2001Granula Todd
2002Granula Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMarginellidaeFleming 1828
genusGranulaJousseaume 1875

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Granula Jousseaume 1875
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Granula profundorum Hickman 1980
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:20:36
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:20:36
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Holocene or 38.00000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Oregon) G. profundorum (39948 39951 40186)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Washington) G. sp. (91619)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ecuador G. minor, G. polita, G. sp. (96596)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela G. glandula (131210)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas) G. sp. (79794)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama (Bocas) G. sp. (79871)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tuvalu Marginella iota (78035)