Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Synonym: Eumargarita Fischer 1885
Parent taxon: Margaritinae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005
See also Durham 1944, Hickman 1980, Kiel 2006, Rosenberg 2005, Schnetler et al. 2024, Sepkoski 2002, Smith 1927, Squires and Goedert 1991, Wenz 1938, Woodring 1957 and Zinsmeister 1983
Sister taxa: Afrollonia, Atira, Bowdenagaza, Eosolariella, Gaza, Igonoia, Kaiparathina, Semisolarium, Solarioconulus
Subtaxa: Margarites (Atira) Margarites (Margarites) Margarites (Pupillaria) Margarites margaritula Margarites semiornata Margarites sericeus Margarites striatus Margarites vahlii
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (6: British Columbia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut, Ontario collections), Greenland (2), Iceland (1), Morocco (10), United States (19: California, Maine, Oregon)
• Pliocene of United States (2: California)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Japan (1), Panama (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (6: Alaska, California)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene of Denmark (1), United States (7: Alaska, Georgia, Washington)
• Eocene of Belgium (1), the Russian Federation (4), the United Kingdom (1), United States (4: Washington)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1), Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: California)
• Cretaceous of France (1), Germany (1), Japan (2), Poland (3), South Africa (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (5: California)
• Jurassic of Turkey (1), Yemen (1)
• Triassic of Hungary (1)
Total: 94 collections including 99 occurrences
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