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Prunum amina

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae

Taxonomy
Marginella amina was named by Dall (1896) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; Dominican Republic.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Prunum aminum by Nehm (2001); it was recombined as Prunum amina by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Marginella amina Dall p. 309 figs. pl. 29, fig. 15
1917Marginella amina Maury p. 72
2001Prunum aminum Nehm
2010Prunum amina Landau and Marques da Silva p. 85

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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
subfamilyMarginellinaeFleming 1828
genusPrunumSwainson 1840
speciesamina(Dall 1896)

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.

Prunum amina Dall 1896
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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: base of the Langhian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 15.97000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Dominican Republic Prunum aminum (74958 74959 93680)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Marginella amina (58873)