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Prunum latissimum

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae

Taxonomy
Marginella latissima was named by Dall (1896) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; Caribbean.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Prunum latissimum by Nehm (2001) and Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Marginella latissima Dall pp. 308, 309 figs. pl. 29, fig. 11
1917Marginella latissima Maury p. 72
1922Marginella latissima Olsson p. 96
2001Prunum latissimum Nehm p. 36
2010Prunum latissimum 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
specieslatissimum(Dall 1896)

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 latissimum Dall 1896
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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 Burdigalian to the top of the Tortonian or 20.44000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Dominican Republic Prunum latissimum (93774 94143 131503 131524 131526 131527)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Dominican Republic Prunum latissimum (93680 131477 131499 131500 131501 131502 131504 131505 131506 131624)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Marginella latissima (134661)