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Turridina margarita

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Donaldinidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia margarita was named by Whidborne (1892). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Chudleigh, North Devon, which is in a Givetian carbonate limestone in the Lummaton Shell Bed Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Turridina margarita by Heidelberger (2001) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Murchisonia margarita Whidborne p. 318 figs. pl. 30 f. 19-20a
2001Turridina margarita Heidelberger pp. 218 - 219 figs. pl. 22 f. 13-15
2023Turridina margarita Wagner p. 2631

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
superfamilyStreptacidoideaKnight 1931
familyDonaldinidae
genusTurridina
speciesmargarita()

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.

†Turridina margarita Whidborne 1892
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Diagnosis
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