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Prunum limatulum

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae

Taxonomy
Marginella limatula was named by Conrad (1834). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Porcellana limatula by Holmes (1859); it was recombined as Prunum limatulum by Ward and Blackwelder (1987) and Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. berjadinense, P. curtum, P. marginatum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Marginella limatula Conrad p. 140
1859Porcellana limatula Holmes p. 78
1987Prunum limatulum Ward and Blackwelder p. 180 figs. Plate 44, Figs. 11-14
2008Prunum limatulum Hendy et al.

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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
specieslimatulum(Conrad 1834)

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 limatulum Conrad 1834
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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 Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Florida) Marginella limatula (75012 75013 75016)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Virginia) Marginella limatula (78261 78266 78269)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) Prunum limatulum (58894 58895 69086)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (North Carolina) Prunum limatulum (71138)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Prunum limatulum (58897 58898)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (South Carolina) Marginella limatula (92407)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Marginella limatula (75002 75008)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Prunum limatulum (69046)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Prunum limatulum (69045)