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Massyla

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Massyla Adams and Adams
1942Cancellaria (Charcolleria) Olsson p. 61
1953Cancellaria (Massyla) Olsson and Harbison p. 179
1958Cancellaria (Massyla) DuBar p. 188
1964Cancellaria (Massyla) Olsson p. 123
1964Cancellaria (Charcolleria) Olsson p. 124
1967Cancellaria (Massyla) Olsson p. 23
1970Charcolleria Petit p. 84
1970Cancellaria (Massyla) Woodring
1970Cancellaria (Charcolleria) Woodring p. 343
2001Cancellaria (Charcolleria) Todd
2001Cancellaria (Massyla) Todd
2002Massyla Sepkoski
2007Cancellaria (Massyla) Landau et al.
2008Cancellaria (Charcolleria) Landau et al. p. 456
2008Cancellaria (Massyla) Landau et al. p. 456
2010Massyla Landau and Marques da Silva p. 98
2010Charcolleria Landau and Marques da Silva p. 99
2012Massyla Landau et al. p. 323

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyCancellarioideaGray 1853
familyCancellariidaeGray 1853
subfamilyCancellariinaeGray 1853
genusMassylaAdams and Adams 1854

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.

G. Massyla Adams and Adams 1854
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Massyla cantaurana Landau and Petit 1996
Massyla corpulenta Landau et al. 2012
Massyla corrugata Hinds 1843
Massyla cubaguaensis Landau et al. 2007
Massyla cumingiana Petit de la Saussaye 1844
Massyla distinguenda Petit 1970
Massyla emilyvokesae Landau and Petit 1996
Massyla lopezana Jung and Petit 1990
Massyla obtusa Deshayes 1830
Massyla perdiciana Olsson 1942
Massyla propevenusta Mansfield 1930
Massyla terryi Olsson 1942
Massyla toulai Landau et al. 2012
Massyla venusta Tuomey and Holmes 1857
Invalid names: Charcolleria Olsson 1942 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:07:45
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:07:45
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Gelasian or 20.44000 to 1.80600 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (65 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Colombia M. perdiciana (96503)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) Cancellaria emilyvokesae, Cancellaria cantaurana (41832)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) Cancellaria terryi (60144 60710)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcón) Cancellaria cantaurana, M. terryi (96434)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Cancellaria runchaena (42605) Charcolleria distinguenda (89575)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Dominican Republic Cancellaria lopezana (131501 131504)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) Cancellaria runchaena (42692 42813 42870 42886 111204 136943)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic Cancellaria lopezana (131473)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Cancellaria sp. (136006 136016 145523) Cancellaria terryi (93145 93146 93163 93166 93176) M. terryi (136005) M. toulae, M. terryi (92597)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Darien) M. cumingian (92704) M. cumingiana (136122)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Cancellaria terryi (145254 145255 145278) M. terryi (136014) M. toulae (79790)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia Cancellaria perdiciana (131220)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Cancellaria sp. (60637)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Cancellaria jadisi (60662)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas) M. cumingiana (135944)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas del Toro) Cancellaria sp. (135829) Cancellaria sp., Cancellaria sp., M. cumingiana (135816) M. cumingiana (135821 135828) M. cumingiana, M. corpulenta (135822)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela Cancellaria terryi (96486)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Charcolleria terryi (111211)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Manabi) Cancellaria terryi (60771)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador Cancellaria terryi (131293)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ecuador Cancellaria terryi, M. terryi (90857)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Florida) Cancellaria venusta (75012) M. sp. (146873 146875)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ecuador Cancellaria corrugata (97638)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Cancellaria venusta (41749)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Cancellaria propevenusta (59484 79761 79762 85448 92740) Cancellaria shirleyae (79765) Cancellaria venusta (67076)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica Cancellaria terryi (66794)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela Cancellaria cubaguensis, Cancellaria terryi (79710) M. cubaguaensis (111011)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ecuador (Manabi) Cancellaria cumingiana (51879)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama M. cumingiana (111213)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Cancellaria venusta (79331)