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Amaurellina ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4617253	https://www.gbif.org/species/4617253
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	9454	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=9454

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Architaenioglossa : Ampullinidae : Amaurellina

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Naticidae : Amaurellina

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
superorder	Hypsogastropoda
infraorder	Littorinimorpha	Golikov and Starobogtov 1975
superfamily	Naticoidea	(Forbes 1838)
family	Naticidae	Guilding 1834
genus	Amaurellina	Bayle 1884

Scientific Name

Amaurellina Bayle, 1884

Name Published In

Fischer P. (1880-1887). Manuel de Conchyliologie et de Paléontologie Conchyliologique. Paris, Savy pp. XXIV + 1369 + pl. 23. Fasc. 1: pp. 1-112 [21. 9. 1880]. Fasc. 2: pp. 113-192 [16. 3. 1881]. Fasc. 3: pp. 193-304 [28. 7. 1881]. Fasc. 4: pp. 305-416 [5. 5. 1882]. Fasc. 5: pp. 417-512 [21. 2. 1883]. Fasc. 6: pp. 513-608 [20. 12. 1883]. Fasc. 7: pp. 609-688 [30. 6. 1884]. Fasc. 8: pp. 689-784 [29. 1. 1885]. Fasc. 9: pp. 785-896 [31. 8. 1885]. Fasc. 10: pp. 897-1008 [30. 4. 1886]. Fasc. 11: pp. 1009-1369 [15. 6. 1887]

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Amaurellina	genus	belongs to Naticidae	stated without evidence	Turner, 1938
Amaurellina	genus	belongs to Globulariinae	stated with evidence	Woodring, 1957
Amaurellina	genus	belongs to Naticidae	stated with evidence	Abbass, 1967
Amaurellina	genus	belongs to Ampullospirinae	stated without evidence	Marincovich, 1977
Amaurellina	genus	belongs to Naticidae	stated without evidence	Squires, 1988
Amaurellina	genus	belongs to Ampullinidae	stated with evidence	Pacaud and Le Renard, 1995
Amaurellina	genus	belongs to Naticidae	stated with evidence	Squires, 2001
Amaurellina	genus	belongs to Neotaenioglossa	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

20.4 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene

Motility

actively mobile (based on Naticidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Naticidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Naticidae)

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
Amaurellina (Amaurellina) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		3	56.0 Ma Paleocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Amaurellina barremensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Amaurellina caleocia ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	56.0 Ma Paleocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Amaurellina chodmonensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Amaurellina cortezi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Amaurellina farisi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Amaurellina garzaensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Amaurellina malinchae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Amaurellina moragai ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		14	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	37.2 Ma Eocene
Amaurellina multiangulatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Amaurellina plummeri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Amaurellina spirata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Lupia perovato ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1866	Lupia Conrad
1885	Amaurellina Fischer
1909	Sigaretus (Lupia) Toula p. 697
1911	Lupia Brown and Pilsbry p. 360
1938	Amaurellina Turner p. 86
1957	Amaurellina Woodring p. 95
1967	Amaurellina Abbass p. 73

Year	Name and Author
1977	Amaurellina Marincovich p. 241
1987	Amaurellina Squires p. 36
1988	Amaurellina Squires p. 12
1995	Amaurellina Pacaud and Le Renard p. 163
2001	Amaurellina Squires p. 9
2002	Amaurellina Sepkoski, Jr.

References

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

Brown A. P., Pilsbry H. A. (1911) Fauna of the Gatun Formation, Isthmus of Panama, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciencesof Philadelphia 63 2, 336-373

Turner F. E. (1938) Stratigraphy and Mollusca of the Eocene of western Oregon, Geological Society of America Special Paper 10, 1-130

Woodring W. P. (1957) Geology and Paleontology of Canal Zone and adjoining parts of Panama., United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306 A

Abbass H. L. (1967) A monograph on the Egyptian Paleocene and Eocene gastropods, United Arab Republic, Geological Survey-Geological Museum, Palaeontological Series, Monograph 4, 1-154

Marincovich L. (1977) Cenozoic Naticidae (Mollusca; Gastropoda) of the northeastern Pacific, Bulletins of American Paleontology

Squires R. L. (1987) Eocene molluscan paleontology of the Whitaker Peak area, Los Angeles and Ventura counties, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 388, 1-93

Squires R. L. (1988) Eocene Macropaleontology of Northern Lockwood Valley, Ventura County, California, Contributions in Science (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County) 398, 1-23

Pacaud J.-M., Le Renard J. (1995) Révision des Mollusques Paléogénes du Bassin de Paris. IV - Liste systématique actualisée, Cossmanniana 3 4, 155-187

Squires R. L. (2001) Additions to the Eocene megafossil fauna of the Llajas Formation, Simi Valley, southern California, Contributions in Science (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County) 489, 1-40

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

Man. Conch. - 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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