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Prunum aurora

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae

Taxonomy
Marginella aurora was named by Dall (1890). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Marginella (Egouena) aurora by Gardner (1947); it was recombined as Prunum aurora by Nehm (2001).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Marginella aurora Dall p. 51 figs. pl. 6, fig. 4a
1947Marginella (Egouena) aurora Gardner p. 397
2001Prunum aurora 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
speciesaurora(Dall 1890)

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 aurora Dall 1890
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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Burdigalian or 20.44000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Marginella aurora (41760)