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Granulina margaritula (pear marginella)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae

Taxonomy
Marginella margaritula was named by Carpenter (1857). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cypraeolina margaritula by Oldroyd (1925); it was recombined as Granulina margaritula by Marincovich (1976), Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. defuniak, G. margaritida, G. menkrawitensis, G. occulta

Synonyms
  • Volutella pyriformis was named by Carpenter (1864). It is extant.

    It was recombined as Marginella pyriformis by Jordan (1926); it was recombined as Cypraeolina pyriformis by Oldroyd (1927), Woodring et al. (1946); it was recombined as Hyalina (Cypraeolina) pyriformis by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Marginella (Cypraeolina) pyriformis by Valentine (1958); it was recombined as Gibberulina pyriformis by Valentine (1962); it was synonymized subjectively with Granulina margaritula by Hendy (2020).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Marginella margaritula Carpenter p. 462
1864Volutella pyriformis Carpenter p. 661
1925Cypraeolina margaritula Oldroyd p. 11
1926Marginella pyriformis Jordan p. 245
1927Cypraeolina pyriformis Oldroyd p. 166
1931Hyalina (Cypraeolina) pyriformis Grant, IV and Gale p. 632
1946Cypraeolina pyriformis Woodring et al.
1958Marginella (Cypraeolina) pyriformis Valentine
1962Gibberulina pyriformis Valentine figs. table 2
1976Granulina margaritula Marincovich figs. table 6
2021Granulina margaritula Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyCystiscidaeStimpson 1865
genusGranulinaJousseaume 1888
speciesmargaritula(Carpenter 1857)

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.

Granulina margaritula Carpenter 1857 [pear marginella]
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Invalid names: Cypraeolina pyriformis Carpenter 1864 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available