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Marginella sowerbyi

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae

Taxonomy
Marginella sowerbyi was named by Gabb (1873) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; Dominican Republic.]. It is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Marginella sowerbyi Gabb p. 221
1917Marginella sowerbyi Maury p. 72
2008Marginella sowerbyi Hendy et al.

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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
familyMarginellidaeFleming 1828
genusMarginellaLamarck 1799
speciessowerbyiGabb 1873

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.

Marginella sowerbyi Gabb 1873
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: intermediateg
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-16 09:01:33
Modified: 2009-03-16 12:30:42
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Abbott and Dance 1986

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Zanclean or 7.24600 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Marginella sowerbyi (74967)