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Volvarina collina

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae

Taxonomy
Marginella collina was named by Olsson (1922) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Miocene; Costa Rica.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hill No. 1, Banana River [Rio Banano Fm], which is in a Piacenzian marine siliciclastic in the Rio Banano Formation of Costa Rica.

It was recombined as Volvarina collina by Woodring (1970).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Marginella eobella

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Marginella collina Olsson p. 97 figs. pl. 7, figs. 26. 27
1970Volvarina collina Woodring p. 331

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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
genusVolvarina(Hinds 1844)
speciescollina()

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.

†Volvarina collina Olsson 1922
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Diagnosis
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