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Dentimargo

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae

Taxonomy
Dentimargo was named by Cossmann (1899) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l T Plio].

It was assigned to Marginellidae by Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Wilson (1993), Petuch (1997) and Todd (2001); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Dentimargo Cossmann
1953Marginella (Eburnospira) Olsson and Harbison p. 201
1987Marginella (Eburnospira) Ward and Blackwelder
1987Dentimargo Ward and Blackwelder p. 132
1993Dentimargo Wilson p. 141
1997Dentimargo Petuch p. 133
2001Dentimargo Todd
2002Dentimargo Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMarginellidaeFleming 1828
genusDentimargoCossmann 1899

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. †Dentimargo Cossmann 1899
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Dentimargo dalli Petuch 1997
Dentimargo eburneola Conrad 1834
Dentimargo eos Roth 1973
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Invalid names: Marginella aurora Thiele 1925 [replaced]
Dentimargo polyspira Olsson and Harbison 1953
Invalid names: Eburnospira Olsson and Harbison 1953 [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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Holocene or 33.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 28.4 Ma

Collections (41 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Florida) D. dalli (80184)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Kalimantan) D. sp. (173685)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Colon) D. sp. (79855)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas) D. sp. (135839)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas del Toro) D. sp. (79777 79982)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) D. polyspira (58895) D. polyspria (58894)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela D. sp. (131218 131363)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Marginella aureocincta (59484 59485)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas) D. sp. (61336 79772 79774 79794 79983 79988 79989 79999 135876 135885)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica (Limon) D. sp. (79796 79798 79799)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas del Toro) D. sp. (61339 61340 79998)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Marginella caloosana (79336) Marginella eburneola (61309) Marginella polyspira (41501) Marginella polyspira, Marginella aureocincta (79331)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (South Carolina) Marginella aureocincta (92408)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) D. polyspira (58897)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126USA (Florida) Marginella eburneola (61310)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) D. eburneolus (96538) Marginella eburneola (61311)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) D. aureocincta (57705 57706)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mayotte D. sp. (209864)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bahamas (San Salvador) D. reductus (173828)