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Margarites (Margarites)

Gastropoda - Turbinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Margarites (Margarites) Gray
1980Margarites (Margarites) Hickman p. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTrochoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTurbinidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyMargaritinaeStoliczka 1868
genusMargaritesGray 1847
subgenusMargaritesGray 1847

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.

Subg. Margarites (Margarites) Gray 1847
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Invalid names: Margarites umbilicalis Broderip and Broderip 1829 [synonym]
Margarites (Margarites) kocyigiti Conti and Monari 1991
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:48:26
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:48:26
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

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 (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2Türkiye Margarites kocyigiti (158460)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71Russian Federation (Kamchatka) Margarites uvutschensis (7275)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Russian Federation (Kamchatka) Margarites uvutschensis (5946 8049)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Washington) Margarites chappelli (180417) Margarites serceus (39963)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Washington) Margarites serceus (39965)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04USA (Washington) Margarites chappelli (208149)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Morocco Trochus umbilicalis (127573 127574 127626)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Morocco Trochus umbilicalis (127591 127593 127594 127595 127599 127622 127637)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) Margarites umbilicalis (66511)