Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Alternative spelling: Polygona
Parent taxon: Latirus according to J. A. Todd 2001
See also Adegoke 1977, Dey 1961, Olsson and Harbison 1953 and Woodring 1964
Sister taxa: Lathyrus (Ascolathyrus), Latirus (Latirus), 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
Subtaxa: Latirus (Polygona) anapetes Latirus (Polygona) ewekoroensis Latirus (Polygona) fusiformis Latirus (Polygona) infundibulum Polygona jucunda
Type: Murex infundibulum
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (4: Florida collections)
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (7), Jamaica (3), Panama (1), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (6)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (6), India (1), Panama (3), Trinidad and Tobago (2), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Haiti (1)
• Eocene of Mexico (2), United States (3: Texas)
• Paleocene of Nigeria (1)
Total: 42 collections including 46 occurrences