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Mesohalina margaritaceus
Taxonomy
Murex margaritaceus was named by Brocchi (1814) [DISTRIBUTION: Oligocene-Early Miocene; Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.
It was recombined as Cerithium margaritaceum by Hörnes (1856); it was recombined as Potamides margaritaceus by Sacco (1888); it was recombined as Tympanotonos margaritaceus by Cossmann and Peyrot (1922), Henriques da Silva (1956), Harzhauser and Mandic (2001), Harzhauser (2004); it was recombined as Mesohalina margaritacea by Wittibschlager (1983) and Wittibschlager (1983); it was recombined as Tympanotonos (Tympanotonos) margaritaceus by Taner (1996); it was recombined as Mesohalina margaritaceus by Marquet et al. (2008).
It was recombined as Cerithium margaritaceum by Hörnes (1856); it was recombined as Potamides margaritaceus by Sacco (1888); it was recombined as Tympanotonos margaritaceus by Cossmann and Peyrot (1922), Henriques da Silva (1956), Harzhauser and Mandic (2001), Harzhauser (2004); it was recombined as Mesohalina margaritacea by Wittibschlager (1983) and Wittibschlager (1983); it was recombined as Tympanotonos (Tympanotonos) margaritaceus by Taner (1996); it was recombined as Mesohalina margaritaceus by Marquet et al. (2008).
Subspecies
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1814 | Murex margaritaceus Brocchi p. 447 figs. pl. 9, fig. 24 |
| 1856 | Cerithium margaritaceum Hörnes p. 404 figs. pl. 42 fig. 9 |
| 1888 | Potamides margaritaceus Sacco p. 21 figs. pl. 7, figs. 30-31 |
| 1922 | Tympanotonos margaritaceus Cossmann and Peyrot p. 248 figs. pl. 6, fig. 60 |
| 1956 | Tympanotonos margaritaceus Henriques da Silva p. 39 figs. Pl 5, fig 12 |
| 1983 | Mesohalina margaritacea Wittibschlager p. 58 |
| 1996 | Tympanotonos (Tympanotonos) margaritaceus Taner p. 69 figs. pl. 2, figs. 3-3a |
| 2001 | Tympanotonos margaritaceus Harzhauser and Mandic p. 696 |
| 2004 | Tympanotonos margaritaceus Harzhauser p. 120 |
| 2008 | Mesohalina margaritaceus Marquet et al. p. 39 |
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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.
†Mesohalina margaritaceus Brocchi 1814
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†Tympanotonos margaritaceus grateloupi d'Orbigny 1852
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Tortonian or 37.71000 to 7.24600 Ma
Collections (15 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Eocene | United Kingdom (England) | Potamides margaritaceus (40887) | |
| Priabonian | United Kingdom (England) | Potamides margaritaceus (39643) | |
| Rupelian | Türkiye | Tympanotonos margaritaceus (111673) | |
| Rupelian - Chattian | Türkiye (Denizli) | Tympanotonos margaritaceus (110486 110491 110493 111939) | |
| Chattian | Greece | Tympanotonos margaritaceus (76205 76207) | |
| Chattian | Austria | Tympanotonos margaritaceus (77734 77736) | |
| Aquitanian | France | Tympanotonos margaritaceus (74861) | |
| Aquitanian | Greece | Tympanotonos margaritaceus (172003) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Sao Tome and Principe | Tympanotonos margaritaceus (241058) | |
| Tortonian | Madagascar | Cerithium margaritaceum (51586) |