Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Alternative combination: Marginella (Egouena) lipara
Full reference: J. R. Gardner. 1947. The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper (142A-H)1-709
Belongs to Prunum according to R. H. Nehm 2001
Sister taxa: Marginella (Prunum) circumvittata, Marginella (Prunum) tegalensis, Prunum (Egouana), Prunum (Microspira), Prunum (Prunum), Prunum (Prunum) dallianum, Prunum amabile, Prunum amina, Prunum apicinum, Prunum aurora, Prunum calypsonis, Prunum carmenguiterrezae, Prunum christineladdae, Prunum circumvittatum, Prunum colinensis, Prunum coniforme, Prunum dasum, Prunum domingoense, Prunum eleutheria, Prunum gatunense, Prunum gibsonsmithi, Prunum gibsonsmithorum, Prunum jessicae, Prunum latissimum, Prunum limatulum, Prunum limonensis, Prunum macneili, Prunum mauryense, Prunum nivosum, Prunum pruinosum, Prunum prunum, Prunum quirosense, Prunum roscidum, Prunum sandrae, Prunum springvalensis, Prunum suteri, Prunum willcoxianum
Subtaxa: Marginella (Egouena) lipara lepta
Type specimen: USNM 371409, a shell. 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.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore