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Prunum lipara

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae

Taxonomy
Marginella (Egouena) lipara was named by Gardner (1947). Its type specimen is USNM 371409, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 3419 - McClelland Farm [Chipola Fm], which is in a Burdigalian marine marl/sandstone in the Chipola Formation of Florida.

It was recombined as Prunum lipara by Roth (1973) and Nehm (2001).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Marginella (Egouena) lipara Gardner p. 396
1973Prunum lipara Roth p. 111
2001Prunum lipara 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
specieslipara()

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 lipara Gardner 1947
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available