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Prunum (Microspira)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Voluta (Microspira) Conrad
1875Marginella (Egouena) Jousseaume p. 167
1928Marginella (Leptegouana) Woodring p. 237
1953Marginella (Leptegouana) Olsson and Harbison p. 205
1958Marginella (Leptegonana) DuBar p. 191
1967Prunum (Leptegouana) Abbass p. 116
1967Microspira Olsson p. 28
1970Prunum (Microspira) Woodring p. 332

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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
subgenusMicrospira(Conrad 1868)

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. †Prunum (Microspira) Conrad 1868
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Microspira donovani Olsson 1967
Invalid names: Marginella (Egouena) Jousseaume 1875 [synonym], Marginella (Leptegouana) Woodring 1928 [synonym]
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 41.30000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Prunum columba (2436 2437 2444)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Marginella columba, Prunum columba (205489) Prunum columba (90600 205438)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Egypt Prunum nefertitae (2960)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Panama Prunum apalachee (42631)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Marginella apalachee (42367) Marginella apalachee, Marginella capsa (42443)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Prunum gatunensis (145334)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Marginella precursor (41749)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Microspira oliviformis, Microspira donovani (79762)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Marginella onichidella, Marginella precursor (79331) Marginella precursor (41501 74999)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Marginella sp. (80035)