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Marginella

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae

Taxonomy
Marginella was named by Lamarck (1799) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 914]. It is extant. Its type is Voluta glabella.

It was assigned to Gastropoda by Mansfield (1925); to Marginellidae by Martin (1904), Woodring (1928), Oostingh (1935), Palmer (1937), Mukerjee (1939), Durham (1944), Gardner (1947), Gardner (1948), Olsson and Harbison (1953), DuBar (1958), MacNeil (1960), Olsson (1967), Woodring (1970), Marasti (1973), Ladd (1982) and Todd (2001); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
M. (Cypraeolina), M. (Marginella), M. (Nudifaba), M. (Stazzania), M. adumbrata, M. ballista, M. brassoensis, M. bruchardi, M. bulbrooki, M. caerulescens, M. calvertensis, M. capensis, M. cordiformis, M. culleni, M. cypraeaeformis, M. dalli, M. dalliana, M. dariensis, M. denticulata, M. dentifera, M. eburnea, M. elevata, M. faba, M. glabella, M. guaica, M. guppyana, M. halensis, M. hematita, M. hispaniolana, M. instabilata (syn. M. pacifica), M. latior, M. macdonaldi, M. majuscula, M. mala, M. maoensis, M. martini, M. mindiensis, M. minuta, M. multifilosa, M. musacina, M. nipponica, M. ovata, M. ovulata, M. pemphix (syn. M. ovata), M. pulchra, M. quinqueplicata, M. semen, M. shepardae, M. silabra, M. silicifluvia, M. simplicissima, M. singuensis, M. solitaria, M. sowerbyi, M. varia
Species lacking formal opinion data
M. amygdala, M. cereris, M. cineracea, M. clenchi, M. contracta, M. deshayesi, M. elegans, M. elegans, M. eobella, M. estaciana, M. fraudulenta, M. gravida, M. iota, M. karikalensis, M. karikalensis, M. loebbeckeana, M. marginata, M. monilis, M. oryza, M. paraensis, M. perlatens, M. phrygia, M. pirabica, M. succinea, M. vultuosa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1799Marginella Lamarck p. 70
1904Marginella Martin p. 170
1925Marginella Mansfield p. 36
1928Marginella Woodring p. 236
1935Marginella Oostingh p. 96
1937Marginella Palmer p. 415
1939Marginella Mukerjee p. 67
1944Marginella Durham p. 178
1947Marginella Gardner p. 386
1948Marginella Gardner p. 261
1953Marginella Olsson and Harbison p. 200
1958Marginella DuBar p. 191
1960Marginella MacNeil p. 99
1967Marginella Olsson p. 27
1970Marginella Woodring p. 330
1973Marginella Marasti p. 95
1982Marginella Ladd p. 58
2001Marginella Todd
2002Marginella 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
genusMarginellaLamarck 1799

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. Marginella Lamarck 1799
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Subg. Marginella (Cypraeolina) Cerulli-Irelli 1911
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†Cypraeolina defuniak Gardner 1947
†Cypraeolina gabbii Dall 1890
Subg. Marginella (Marginella) Lamarck 1799
Subg. †Marginella (Nudifaba) Eames 1952
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Subg. †Marginella (Stazzania) Sacco 1889
†Marginella adumbrata Anderson and Hanna 1925
†Marginella ballista Dall 1890
†Marginella brassoensis Mansfield 1925
†Marginella bulbrooki Mansfield 1925
†Marginella calvertensis Martin 1904
Marginella capensis Krauss 1848
†Marginella culleni Dey 1961
†Marginella cypraeaeformis Nardini 1934
†Marginella dalli Bose 1906
†Marginella dalliana Maury 1912
†Marginella dariensis Brown and Pilsbry 1911
†Marginella denticulata Conrad 1830
†Marginella dentifera Lamarck 1803
†Marginella eburnea Lamarck 1803
†Marginella elevata Cossmann 1882
†Marginella faba Linnaeus 1758
Marginella glabella Linnaeus 1758
†Marginella guaica Maury 1925
†Marginella guppyana Mansfield 1925
†Marginella halensis Dall 1916
†Marginella hematita Kiener 1841
†Marginella instabilata Hanna 1924
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Invalid names: Marginella pacifica Dickerson 1917 [replaced]
†Marginella latior Bose 1906
†Marginella macdonaldi Dall 1912
†Marginella majuscula Martens 1877
†Marginella mala Cotton 1949
†Marginella maoensis Maury 1917
Marginella martini Petit 1835
†Marginella mindiensis Cossmann 1913
†Marginella minuta Pfeiffer 1840
†Marginella multifilosa Anderson and Hanna 1925
†Marginella musacina Olsson 1922
†Marginella ovata Lea 1833
†Marginella ovulata Lamarck 1803
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Invalid names: Marginella ovata Thiele 1925 [replaced]
†Marginella shepardae Tegland 1933
†Marginella silabra Palmer 1937
†Marginella simplicissima Martin 1879
†Marginella singuensis Vredenburg 1921
†Marginella solitaria Guppy 1896
†Marginella sowerbyi Gabb 1873
Marginella varia Sowerby I 1846
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: intermediateg
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Comments: DIMENSIONS & MORPHOLOGY: Based on ten randomly selected figured species.g
Created: 2009-03-16 09:01:33
Modified: 2009-03-16 12:30:42
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Abbott and Dance 1986

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Vyatkian to the top of the Holocene or 259.51000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 257.4 Ma

Collections (332 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Vyatkian259.51 - 257.4Russian Federation (Vladimir) M. sp. (86346)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) M. sp. (205541)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) M. sp. A (99009)
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene61.7 - 55.8USA (Texas) M. carnea (84651)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Hungary M. sp. (78013)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Yvelines) Stazzania sp. (177971 177972 177973)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France M. dentifera (184110) M. eburnea, M. ovulata (171535 184107)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) M. constrictoides (90651)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) M. sp. (8047)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) M. adumbrata, M. multifilosa (166458)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) M. constrictoides (90470)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (North Carolina) M. sp. (41983)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Stazzania bifidoplicata (3265)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Cryptospira silabra (81266 205489) M. constricta (5321 5322 5330 5332) M. constricta, Cryptospira silabra (5320 5334 90600) M. constrictoides (2423 90469) Persicula semen (205438)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France M. abnormis, M. crassula, M. edwardsi, M. dissimilis, M. hordeola, M. bifidoplicata (78567)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) M. constrictoides (44408 44410 44517 44518)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Oise) M. crassula, M. edwardsi, M. hordeola, M. bifidoplicata, M. fragilis, M. sp. (3494)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (South Carolina) M. sp. (5344 5345 5354)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) M. constrictoides (90656 91119 92382 205410)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (North Carolina) M. sp. (5366 5436 5437) M. sp. B (91736 91737 98989)