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Mazatlania

Description

Mazatlania is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)2305523https://www.gbif.org/species/2305523
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)89587https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=89587
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Columbellidae : Mazatlania
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
subclassProsobranchiaMilne-Edwards 1848
superorderCaenogastropodaCox 1959
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyColumbellidaeSwainson 1840
genusMazatlaniaDall 1900
Scientific NameMazatlania Dall, 1900
Name Published InNautilus, 14
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Mazatlaniagenusbelongs to Columbellidaestated with evidenceTodd, 2001
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
Extant Size (PBDB)2 (100%)
First Recorded Appearance5.33 - 3.60 Ma
Neogene
Motilityactively mobile (based on Columbellidae)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Columbellidae)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. A. Todd. 2001. Systematic list of gastropods in the Panama Paleontology Project collections.
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazatlania

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Mazatlania cosentini
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
65.33 Ma
Miocene
0 Ma
Extant
Mazatlania fulgurata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Eyryta Mörch, 1860GBIFgenusAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Columbellidae : Eyryta
Euryta H.Adams & A.Adams, 1853GBIFgenusAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Columbellidae : Euryta

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1913Mazatlania Dall
2001Mazatlania Todd

References

Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of gastropods in the Panama Paleontology Project collections
Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000, PaleoDB - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nautilus, 14 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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