Marginella dalliana Maury 1912 (margin shell)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae

Full reference: C. J. Maury. 1912. A contribution to the paleontology of Trinidad. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 15:1-112

Belongs to Marginella according to C. J. Maury 1912

Sister taxa: Marginella (Cypraeolina), Marginella (Marginella), Marginella (Nudifaba), Marginella (Stazzania), Marginella adumbrata, Marginella ballista, Marginella brassoensis, Marginella bruchardi, Marginella bulbrooki, Marginella caerulescens, Marginella calvertensis, Marginella capensis, Marginella cordiformis, Marginella culleni, Marginella cypraeaeformis, Marginella dalli, Marginella dariensis, Marginella denticulata, Marginella dentifera, Marginella eburnea, Marginella elevata, Marginella faba, Marginella glabella, Marginella guaica, Marginella guppyana, Marginella halensis, Marginella hematita, Marginella hispaniolana, Marginella instabilata, Marginella latior, Marginella macdonaldi, Marginella majuscula, Marginella mala, Marginella maoensis, Marginella martini, Marginella mindiensis, Marginella minuta, Marginella multifilosa, Marginella musacina, Marginella nipponica, Marginella ovata, Marginella ovulata, Marginella pemphix, Marginella pulchra, Marginella quinqueplicata, Marginella semen, Marginella shepardae, Marginella silabra, Marginella silicifluvia, Marginella simplicissima, Marginella singuensis, Marginella solitaria, Marginella sowerbyi, Marginella varia

Type specimen: PRI (unknown number), a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at 1000 ft W of Brighton Pier (Miocene of Trinidad and Tobago)

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