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Prunum apicinum

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae

Taxonomy
Marginella apicina was named by Menke (1828) [DISTRIBUTION: Pliocene-Recent; circum-Caribbean.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Marginella (Leptegouana) apicina by Olsson and Harbison (1953); it was recombined as Marginella (Leptegonana) apicina by DuBar (1958); it was recombined as Prunum apicinum by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Marginella apicina Menke p. 87
1953Marginella (Leptegouana) apicina Olsson and Harbison p. 206
1958Marginella (Leptegonana) apicina DuBar p. 191
2008Prunum apicinum 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
speciesapicinum(Menke 1828)

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 apicinum Menke 1828
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80600 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Marginella apicina (41749)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Marginella apicina (41501 41539 41718 79331)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Cuba Marginella apicina (66773)
Calabrian1.806 - 0.781USA (Florida) Marginella apicina (41705)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Venezuela Marginella apicina (66753)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Marginella apicina (34269 41715 41740 80001) Prunum apicinum (96538)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Marginella apicina (41935 41936 92775 92776)