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Margarites (Pupillaria)

Gastropoda - Turbinidae

Taxonomy
Pupillaria was named by Dall (1909) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-u R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Margarites (Pupillaria) by Squires and Goedert (1991) and Kiel (2006).

It was assigned to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Margarites by Squires and Goedert (1991) and Kiel (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Pupillaria Dall
1991Margarites (Pupillaria) Squires and Goedert p. 412
2002Pupillaria Sepkoski
2006Margarites (Pupillaria) Kiel p. 124

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTrochoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTurbinidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyMargaritinaeStoliczka 1868
genusMargaritesGray 1847
subgenusPupillaria(Dall 1909)

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.

Subg. Margarites (Pupillaria) Dall 1909
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†Margarites (Pupillaria) columbiana Squires and Goedert 1991
Pupillaria pupilla Gould 1849
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:48:26
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:48:26
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 41.30000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 38.0 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Russian Federation (Kamchatka) Margarites effingeri (5946)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.3 - 33.9Russian Federation Margarites sp. (50151)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Washington) Margarites n. sp. (191203)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Washington) Margarites columbiana (193971)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Washington) Margarites columbiana (205195) Margarites sp. (39965)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Alaska) Margarites sp. (37401 37415)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Margarites pupillus (194801 194895)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Margarites pupillus (97230 97403)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (California) Pupillaria succincta (223033)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Pupillaria succincta (223075)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Pupillaria pupilla (37940) Pupillaria succincta, Pupillaria oldroydi (37947)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Margarita pupilla (207886 222665) Margarites pupillus (203113) Pupillaria pupilla (203108 203114) Pupillaria sp. (203095 223329 223525)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Margarita pupilla (222674) Pupillaria pupilla (37672)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (British Columbia) Margarites pupillus (75232)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Pupillaria sp. (37675)