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Granulina margaritula

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae

Taxonomy
Marginella margaritula was named by Carpenter (1857). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cypraeolina margaritula by Oldroyd (1925); it was recombined as Granulina margaritula by Marincovich (1976) and Hendy (2021).

Synonyms
  • Volutella pyriformis was named by Carpenter (1864). It is extant.

    It was recombined as Cypraeolina pyriformis by Woodring et al. (1946); it was recombined as Marginella (Cypraeolina) pyriformis by Valentine (1958); it was recombined as Gibberulina pyriformis by Valentine (1962); it was synonymized subjectively with Granulina margaritula by Hendy (2020).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Marginella margaritula Carpenter p. 462
1864Volutella pyriformis Carpenter p. 661
1925Cypraeolina margaritula Oldroyd p. 11
1946Cypraeolina pyriformis Woodring et al.
1958Marginella (Cypraeolina) pyriformis Valentine
1962Gibberulina pyriformis Valentine figs. table 2
1976Granulina margaritula Marincovich figs. table 6
2021Granulina margaritula Hendy

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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
familyCystiscidaeStimpson 1865
genusGranulinaJousseaume 1888
speciesmargaritula(Carpenter 1857)

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.

Granulina margaritula Carpenter 1857
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Invalid names: Cypraeolina pyriformis Carpenter 1864 [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 08:20:24
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:20:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Quaternary to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (California) Granulina margaritula (202495 202496)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Costa Rica Marginella margaritula (66778)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Cypraeolina pyriformis (223075)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Cypraeolina pyriformis (201624)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Cypraeolina pyriformis (96590 96592 96593)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Gibberulina pyriformis (37933 37936 37940 37947 37948)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Cypraeolina margaritula (138723) Cypraeolina pyriformis (202633 203095 203108 203114 223329 223525) Granulina margaritula (202493 202494) Marginella pyriformis (203113)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Cypraeolina pyriformis (52347)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Granulina margaritula (96901) Hyalina pyriformis (59063)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Cypraeolina pyriformis (96591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador Cypraeolina margaritula (96867)