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Marginella singuensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae

Taxonomy
Marginella singuensis was named by Vredenburg (1921) [DISTRIBUTION: Oligocene-Miocene; Myanmar.]. It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Singu (Singu stage), which is in a Chattian marine horizon in the Singu Formation of Myanmar.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Marginella singuensis Vredenburg p. 340 figs. pl. 22, fig. 1

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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
speciessinguensis

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 singuensis Vredenburg 1921
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Abbott and Dance 1986

Age range: Chattian or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Myanmar Marginella singuensis (type locality: 76588)