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Marginella (Nudifaba) rakhiensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae

Taxonomy
Marginella (Nudifaba) rakhiensis was named by Eames (1952). Its type specimen is BMNH G.68357, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fossil Bed F.1986, Rakhi Nala, which is in a Bartonian marine shale in the Drazinda Formation of Pakistan. It is the type species of Marginella (Nudifaba).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
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
1952Marginella (Nudifaba) rakhiensis Eames p. 122 figs. Pl 5, figs 109a,b

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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
subgenusNudifaba
speciesrakhiensis

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

Age range: Bartonian or 41.03000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Pakistan Marginella rakhiensis (type locality: 8676)