Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Alternative spelling: Lathyrus
Parent taxon: Peristerniinae according to G. J. Vermeij and M. A. Snyder 2006
See also Adegoke 1977, Harris and Palmer 1947, Ladd 1977, Ladd 1982, MacNeil 1960, Olsson 1931, Olsson and Harbison 1953, Sepkoski 2002, Snyder 2003, Sohl 1964, Todd 2001, Turner 1938, Vredenburg 1921, Wilson 1994 and Woodring 1964
Sister taxa: Aptycholathyrus, Benimakia, Brocchitas, Bullockus, Crassicantharus, Dennantia, Dolicholatirus, Exilifusus, Fractolatirus, Fusolatirus, Hemipolygona, Lamellilatirus, Latirogona, Latirolagena, Leucozonia, Lightbournus, Mazzalina, Neolatirus, Nodopelagia, Opeatostoma, Peristernia, Pleia, Psammostoma, Pseudolatirus, Streptopelma, Tarantinaea, Taron, Teralatirus
Subtaxa: Lathyrus (Ascolathyrus) Latirus (Latirus) Latirus (Polygona) Latirus abnormis Latirus barclayi Latirus belcheri Latirus compactilis Latirus duplicatus Latirus fasciolariaeformis Latirus gibbulus Latirus granifer Latirus indicus Latirus indifferens Latirus infundibulum Latirus iravadicus Latirus irazu Latirus keownvillensis Latirus kirbyi Latirus leaensis Latirus moorei Latirus nightingalei Latirus nodatus Latirus pictus Latirus polygonoides Latirus polygonus Latirus pseudolynchoides Latirus riiseana Latirus roseburgensis Latirus sindiensis Latirus sinuatus Latirus taylorensis Latirus tigroides Latirus timorensis
Type: Murex gibbulus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Bermuda (1), Cayman Islands (1), Costa Rica (1), Djibouti (1), Ecuador (1), Haiti (1), Jamaica (1), Japan (2), Mexico (2), Panama (2), Saudi Arabia (1), Sudan (1), United States (9: Florida), Vanuatu (3), Yemen (1)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (4), the Dominican Republic (10), Ecuador (1), Indonesia (1), Jamaica (4), Panama (1), Portugal (1), United States (3: Florida), Vanuatu (1), Venezuela (3)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (6)
• Miocene of Austria (3), the Dominican Republic (13), France (1), Greece (2), Guam (1), Hungary (1), India (2), Indonesia (3), Italy (5), Japan (1), Myanmar (3), Pakistan (1), Panama (4), Poland (1), Romania (1), South Africa (1), Trinidad and Tobago (2), United States (1: South Carolina), Venezuela (5)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Haiti (1), United States (2: Florida)
• Oligocene of Myanmar (2), Pakistan (2), Panama (1), United States (16: Florida, Mississippi)
• Eocene of India (1), Indonesia (2), Italy (1), Mexico (3), Peru (1), Tonga (1), United States (112: Alabama, California, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, Oregon, Texas)
• Paleocene of Nigeria (1), Poland (1), United States (30: Alabama, California, Illinois, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia)
• Cretaceous of Germany (1), United States (1: Texas)
Total: 294 collections including 368 occurrences
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