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Emarginula (Emarginula)

Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1801Emarginula (Emarginula) Lamarck
1960Emarginula (Emarginula) Knight et al. p. 227
1966Emarginula (Emarginula) Ladd p. 27
1980Emarginula (Emarginula) Szabo p. 66
1982Emarginula (Emarginula) Ladd p. 21
1995Emarginula (Emarginula) Pacaud and Le Renard p. 152
2003Emarginula (Emarginula) Mandic and Steininger p. 271

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
orderLepetellidaMoskalev 1971
superfamilyFissurelloidea(Fleming 1822)
familyFissurellidaeFleming 1822
subfamilyEmarginulinae(Gray 1834)
tribeEmarginuliniChildren 1834
genusEmarginulaLamarck 1801
subgenusEmarginulaLamarck 1801

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
height14.00

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Attached: yessuperf
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: grazerg
Diet 2: carnivoreg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:52:57
Modified: 2011-09-03 16:49:09
Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Jamesoni to the top of the Holocene or 192.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 184.2 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Raricostatum - Davoei199.5 - 184.2Hungary Emarginula vadanaei (78690)
Davoei192.9 - 184.2Hungary Emarginula vadanaei (108956 109115)
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2Turkey Emarginula vedanae (158460 158462 200773)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Hungary Emarginula vadanaei (91406 91407)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Italy (Veneto) Emarginula vedanae (98398)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Austria Emarginula dujardini (77402)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica Emarginula palia (58522)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Marshall Islands Emarginula bicancellata (43334) Emarginula bicancellata, Emarginula clypeus (43306)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tuvalu Emarginula bicancellata (78035)