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Mazzalina ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4604031	https://www.gbif.org/species/4604031
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	11335	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=11335

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Fasciolariidae : Mazzalina

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Prosobranchia	Milne-Edwards 1848
superorder	Caenogastropoda	Cox 1959
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Buccinoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Fasciolariidae	Gray 1853
subfamily	Peristerniinae	Tryon 1880
genus	Mazzalina	Conrad 1960

Scientific Name

Mazzalina Conrad, 1960

Name Published In

J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., (2) 4

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Mazzalina	genus	belongs to Fasciolariidae	stated with evidence	Palmer, 1937
Mazzalina	genus	belongs to Neogastropoda	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Mazzalina	genus	belongs to Peristerniinae	stated with evidence	Snyder, 2003

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

66.0 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene

Last Recorded Appearance

20.4 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene

Motility

actively mobile (based on Fasciolariidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Fasciolariidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Bulbifusus californicus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Bulbifusus nigeriensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Fusus (Bulbifusus) inauratus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Mazzalina costata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mazzalina dalli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mazzalina heilpriniana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mazzalina inaurata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	47.8 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Mazzalina oweni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sycum (Bulbifusus) miikense ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Bulbifusus Conrad, 1865	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Fasciolariidae : *Bulbifusus*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1860	Mazzalina Conrad
1865	Bulbifusus Conrad p. 17
1879	Fusus (Bulbifusus) Heilprin p. 223
1928	Sycum (Bulbifusus) Nagao p. 126
1937	Mazzalina Palmer p. 349
1947	Mazzalina Gardner p. 444
2002	Mazzalina Sepkoski, Jr.
2003	Mazzalina Snyder p. 23

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Heilprin A. A comparison of the Eocene Mollusca of the Southeastern United States and Western Europe in relation to the determination of identical forms, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 31 3, 217-225

Nagao T. (1928) Palaeogene fossils of the Island of Kyushu, Japan Part I, Science Reports of the Tohoku Imperial University 9 3, 97-128

Palmer K. V. (1937) The Claibornian Scaphopoda. Gastropoda and Dibranchiate Cephalopoda of the Southern United States, Bulletins of American Paleontology 7 32, 1-730

Gardner J. R. (1947) The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 142A-H, 1-709

Snyder M. A. (2003) Catalogue of the marine gastropod family Fasciolariidae, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Special Publication 21, 1-328

GBIF/Paleo Database - 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

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., (2) 4 - 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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