Marginella ovulata Lamarck 1803 (margin shell)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae

Full reference: J. B. Lamarck. 1803. Suite des mémoires sur les fossiles des environs de Paris. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 2:57-64

Belongs to Marginella according to J. B. Lamarck 1803

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 dalliana, 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 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: Its type locality is Grignon (Lamarck collection), which is in a Lutetian open shallow subtidal sandstone/sandstone in France

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of France (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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