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Prunum gatunense

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae

Taxonomy
Marginella gatunensis was named by Brown and Pilsbry (1911) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle-Late Miocene; Panama.]. Its type specimen is ANSP 1706, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Prunum (Microspira) gatunense by Woodring (1970); it was recombined as Prunum gatunense by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Marginella gatunensis Brown and Pilsbry p. 347 figs. pl. 24, fig. 10
1970Prunum (Microspira) gatunense Woodring p. 332
2010Prunum gatunense Landau and Marques da Silva p. 88

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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
speciesgatunense()

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 gatunense Brown and Pilsbry 1911
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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Tortonian or 11.62000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246Venezuela (Falcon) Marginella gatunensis (135498 135501)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela Marginella gatunensis (131304)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Prunum gatunense (145278 145336)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Prunum gatunense (93057 93062 93145 93146 93160 93161)