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Prunum eleutheria

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae

Taxonomy
Marginella (Egouena) eleutheria was named by Gardner (1947). Its type specimen is USNM 114464, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 2211 - Alum Bluff, lower bed, which is in a Burdigalian marine marl/sandstone in the Chipola Formation of Florida.

It was recombined as Prunum eleutheria by Nehm (2001).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. berjadinense, P. curtum, P. marginatum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Marginella (Egouena) eleutheria Gardner pp. 397-398
2001Prunum eleutheria Nehm p. 695

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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
specieseleutheria()

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 eleutheria Gardner 1947
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available