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Prunum

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Prunum Swainson
1935Marginella (Prunum) Oostingh p. 99
1962Marginella (Prunum) Weisbord p. 403
1964Prunum Olsson p. 130
1967Prunum Abbass p. 116
1970Prunum Woodring
1987Prunum Ward and Blackwelder p. 132
2001Prunum Nehm p. 695
2002Prunum Sepkoski
2010Prunum Landau and Marques da Silva p. 84

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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

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. Prunum Swainson 1840
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Subg. Prunum (Egouana) Jousseaume 1875
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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]
Subg. Prunum (Prunum) Swainson 1840
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Prunum (Prunum) godini Olsson 1964
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Invalid names: Marginella evax Li 1930 [synonym]
Prunum amabile Redfield 1852
Prunum amina Dall 1896
Prunum apicinum Menke 1828
Prunum aurora Dall 1890
Prunum calypsonis Maury 1925
Prunum carmenguiterrezae Landau and Marques da Silva 2010
Prunum christineladdae Maury 1917
Prunum circumvittatum Weisbord 1962
Prunum colinensis Hodson 1927
Prunum coniforme Sowerby 1850
Prunum dasum Gardner 1947
Prunum domingoense Dall 1896
Prunum eleutheria Gardner 1947
Prunum gatunense Brown and Pilsbry 1911
Prunum gibsonsmithi Nehm 2001
Prunum jessicae Petuch 1997
Prunum latissimum Dall 1896
Prunum limatulum Conrad 1834
Prunum limonensis Dall 1896
Prunum lipara Gardner 1947
Prunum macneili Petuch 1997
Prunum mauryense Nehm 2001
Prunum nivosum Hinds 1844
Prunum pruinosum Hinds 1844
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Invalid names: Marginella nivea Adams 1850 [synonym]
Prunum prunum Gmelin 1791
Prunum quirosense Hodson 1927
Prunum roscidum Redfield 1860
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Invalid names: Marginella eulima Dall 1892 [synonym]
Prunum sandrae Petuch 1997
Prunum springvalensis Maury 1925
Prunum suteri Rutsch 1934
Prunum willcoxianum Dall 1890
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Holocene or 47.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma

Collections (282 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Pakistan Marginella pseudoorientalis (183847)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Marginella columba, P. columba (205489) P. columba (81266 90600 205438)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) P. columba (2436 2437 2444)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Egypt P. nefertitae (2960)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Pakistan Marginella pseudoorientalis (183862) Marginella pseudoorientalis, Marginella soriensis (183853) Marginella pseudoorientalis, Marginella unistriata (8676 183819) Marginella unistriata (184063)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Florida) P. ericae, P. jessicae, P. sandrae (80184)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Florida) Marginella inntensa, Marginella myrina (60985)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Panama P. apalachee (42631)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Dominican Republic P. coniforme, P. latissimum (131526) P. latissimum (93774 94143 131503 131524 131527)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Colombia (La Guajira) P. quirosense (136881 136882 136908 156356 156832 158101 160770 160791 160792 161892) P. quirosensis (157336 161894)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Marginella apalachee (42367) Marginella apalachee, Marginella lipara, Marginella capsa, Marginella eleutheria (42443) Marginella eleutheria (42225) Marginella lipara (42250) Marginella lipara, Marginella aurora, Marginella eleutheria (41760) Marginella lipara, Marginella eleutheria (42290 42328)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) P. quirosense (60144 60703 60707 60708 60709 60710)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) P. quirosense (136884 136907 157828 157830 157858 158033 160968 160969)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Dominican Republic P. latissimum (131477 131499 131500 131501 131502 131504 131505 131506 131624) P. latissimum, P. aminum (93680) P. latissinum, P. aminum (74958 74959)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Marginella sapotilla (60751)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Puerto Rico Marginella coniformis (80245)
Langhian - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246Venezuela (Falcon) Marginella gatunensis (135498 135501)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Panama (Bocas del Toro) P. sp. (135818)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) P. gatunense (145278 145336) P. gatunensis (145334) P. sp. (79790 79995)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic P. coniforme (90618 131368 131667)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela Marginella gatunensis (131304) P. springvalense, P. calypsonis (130981)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Darien) P. sp. (136122)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Marginella latissima (134661) P. gatunense (93057 93062 93145 93146 93160 93161) P. sp. (82119 136016 145523)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Dominican Republic P. coniforme (74915)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Argentina (Chubut) P. sp. (42146)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia Marginella coniformis, Marginella christinelladae (88297) P. berjadinense (131220)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela P. marginatum, P. prunum (92751)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Marginella springvalensis, Marginella calypsonis (74955 81976) P. calypsonis, P. springvalensis (60408 60637)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic P. christineladdae (84974 93652 93654 131560 131561 131563 131566 131567 131568 131569 131570 131571) P. coniforme (84952 84956 84960 93601 93687 93709 93710 93716 94000 94104 131642 131643 131645 131655 131656 131657 131658 131659 131660 131661 131662 131663 131664 131666) P. coniforme, P. christineladdae (84966 93689)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas) P. sp. (135944)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Colon) P. sp. (79855)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas del Toro) P. sp. (61347 135816 135821 135822 135828)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic P. christneladdae (75036) P. coniforme (74911 74967 74971)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Manabi) P. godini (60771)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Marginella amina, Marginella domingoensis (58873) Marginella christineladdae (58819) Marginella coniformis (58815 58821 58822)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Marginella circumvittata (41545 41554) Marginella laguairana (41544) Marginula circumvittata (41541)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago P. dallianum (60409 60410 60414 60417 60647 60649 61297)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas) P. sp. (135839)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador P. godini (131293 131333)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas) P. sp. (135832)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic P. christineladdae (131572 131573) P. coniforme (84998 94102 131634 131636 131639 131640 131665) P. coniforme, P. gibsonsmithorum (93733) P. sp., P. gibsonsmithi (74968)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas del Toro) P. sp. (79777 79982)
Zanclean - Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic P. coniforme (93655)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588India Marginella oligoptycha (77658)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Florida) Marginella limatula (75012 75013 75016)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Marginella sapotilla (66796)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Marginella tegalensis (84520 84528 84533 84534 84542)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Marginella apicina, Marginella eulima, Marginella precursor (41749)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela P. calypsonis (111010) P. circumvittatum (131218 131363) P. sp., P. calypsonis (79710) P. sp., P. circumvittatum (131210) P. sp., P. manglense, P. prunum, P. circumvittatum (131237)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) P. limatulum (58894 58895 69086)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Virginia) Marginella limatula (78261 78266 78269)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Colombia (La Guajira) P. sp. (157273)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Microspira oliviformis, Microspira donovani (79762)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica (Limon) P. sp. (79992 79993)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Marginella coniformis (58522)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas del Toro) P. sp. (61340 61344 79998)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica (Limon) P. sp. (79796 79798 79799 79801 79802 79990)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas) P. sp. (61341 61343 79774 79794 79999 80000 135876 135885)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (North Carolina) P. bellum, P. limatulum (71138)
Early/Lower Pleistocene (interglacial)2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) P. sp. (211183)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Costa Rica Marginella sapotilla (66777)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Ecuador (Manabi) P. curtum, P. sapotilla (48664)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Marginella apicina (41539 41718) Marginella apicina, Marginella eulima, Marginella precursor (41501) Marginella apicina, Marginella onichidella, Marginella eulima, Marginella precursor, Marginella amabilis (79331) Marginella eulima (41497) Marginella limatula (75002 75008) Marginella precursor (74999)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Marginella sp. (80035) P. limatulum (58897 58898) P. sp. (60986 60987 60988 60989)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (South Carolina) Marginella limatula (92407) P. contractum (60944)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Peru Marginella sapotilla (207005)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) P. roscidum (7108)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Cuba Marginella apicina (66773)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Haiti Marginella nivosa (60884)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Venezuela P. prunum, P. circumvittata (131268) P. prunum, P. circumvittatum (131267)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Marginella apicina, Marginella eulima (41705)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela Marginella apicina, Marginella nivea (66753)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) P. roscidum (69048 69049)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) P. limatulum (69045) P. roscidum (66742)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) P. limatulum (69046) P. roscidum (66757 66758 66760)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Marginella apicina (34269 41715 41740 80001) P. bellum, P. guttatum, P. apicinum (96538) P. roscidum (69087)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica P. guttatum (80408)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Panama (Panama) P. sapotilla (160395)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela P. circumvittatum (131223)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Marginella apicina (41935 41936 92775 92776)