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Margarita

Gastropoda

Taxonomy
Margarita was named by Leach (1814). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Pectinibranchia by Bravard (1858).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1814Margarita Leach
1858Margarita Bravard p. 64

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
RankNameAuthor
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
Pectinibranchia
genusMargaritaLeach 1814

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.

G. †Margarita Leach 1814
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Margarita geraensis Dietz 1911
Margarita helicinus Phipps 1774
Margarita johnsoni Arnold 1909
Margarita naticoides Cooke 1919
Margarita triassica Whiteaves 1889
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 259.51000 to 3.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 254.14 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Germany M. geraensis (208958)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany M. sp. (66779)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Greenland M. steenstrupi (177724)
Ypresian - Bartonian56.0 - 37.71Cuba M. naticoides (75318)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Argentina (Entre Rios) M. punctulata (13626)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (California) M. johnsoni (216867)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) M. johnsoni (206366 220189)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) M. johnsoni (215294)