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Marginella (Cryptospira) dactylus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae

Taxonomy
Marginella dactylus was named by Lamarck (1822). It is extant.

It was recombined as Marginella (Cryptospira) dactylus by Oostingh (1935).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Cryptospira pilzi, Cryptospira pusilla, Cryptospira simplex, Cryptospira tricincta, Cryptospira tricinta, Cryptospira vittata, M. abnormis, M. acuta, M. ambigua, M. amiantula, M. amygdala, M. aurisleporis, M. bella, M. bella, M. bella, M. bifido, M. bifidoplicata, M. bifidoplicata, M. caloosana, M. carnea, M. carneola, M. cereris, M. ceresis, M. chrysometina, M. cincta, M. cineracea, M. clenchi, M. constricta, M. constrictoides, M. contracta, M. cotamago, M. crassiplicata, M. crassula, M. crassula, M. curta, M. deliciosa, M. democraciana, M. deuterolivella, M. dijki, M. dissimilis, M. edwardsi, M. epigrus, M. estaciana, M. fragilis, M. fraudulenta, M. gatunensis, M. gracilis, M. gravida, M. grissensis, M. harrisi, M. hartleyanum, M. hordeola, M. incrassata, M. karikalensis, M. kitsoni, M. mansfieldi, M. maonensis, M. marginata, M. miliacea, M. miliaria, M. monilis, M. mosaica, M. multiplicata, M. olivaeformis, M. oryza, M. pallida, M. paraensis, M. pardalis, M. perkeo, M. perlatens, M. philippii, M. phrygia, M. piperata, M. pirabica, M. quirosensis, M. rosea, M. saladillaensis, M. sandwicensis, M. subovulata, M. succinea, M. terveriana, M. tomuiensis, M. truncata, M. willcoxiana, M. antiqua, M. indrai, M. elegans, M. elegans, M. loebbeckeana, M. nanggulanensis, M. pamotanensis, M. ventricosa, M. constrichtoides, M. constrictoides, M. caloosana, M. bonneti, M. crista, M. deshayesi, M. fuchsi, M. glaessneri, M. karikalensis, M. pinellasensis, M. ringicula, M. vultuosa, M. wentworthi, M. monilis, M. conica, M. fraudulenta, M. iota, M. columba, M. pardalis, M. angsanana, M. ickei, M. rembangensis, M. venezuelana, M. bellula, M. faunula, M. gregaria, M. gregaria, M. inepta, M. infecta, M. posti, M. ballista, M. inntensa, M. myrina, M. oligoptycha, M. elegantula, M. impagina, M. macronuclea, M. newmani, M. crassula, M. marginata, M. toulae, M. acusvesta, M. avena, M. belloides, M. berauensis, M. eobella

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Marginella dactylus Lamarck p. 360
1935Marginella (Cryptospira) dactylus Oostingh p. 98

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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
genusMarginella
subgenusCryptospira
speciesdactylus(Lamarck 1822)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:20:36
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:20:36
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia Marginella dactylus (84519 84521 84523 84524)