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Marginella maoensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae

Taxonomy
Marginella maoensis was named by Maury (1917) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; Dominican Republic.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Marginella maoensis Maury p. 71 figs. pl. 11, fig. 7
2001Prunum maoense Nehm p. 37
2008Marginella maoensis Hendy et al.

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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
genusMarginellaLamarck 1799
speciesmaoensis

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.

†Marginella maoensis Maury 1917
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: intermediateg
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-16 09:01:33
Modified: 2009-03-16 12:30:42
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Abbott and Dance 1986

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Zanclean or 20.44000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (58 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene - Middle Miocene33.9 - 11.608Haiti Marginella maoensis (173459)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Dominican Republic Marginella maoensis (74962)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic Marginella maoensis (58817) Prunum maoense (90618 93644 93686 94139 94141 99852 99854 131368 131369 131370 131371 131377 131378 131379 131380 131381 131462 131473 131474 131508 131509 131510 131512 131514 131516 131517)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Prunum maoense (84983 84984 93717 93996 94006 94099 94106 99853 131374 131386 131387 131389 131392 131394 131455 131458 131494 131495 131521 131674 131675 131676 131677 131678)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Prunum maoense (74971)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Prunum maoense (93640 93733 93737 93852)