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Latirus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae

Taxonomy

Latirus was named by Monfort (1810) [Sepkoski's age data: K Ceno-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 747]. It is extant. Its type is Murex gibbulus.

It was assigned to Gastropoda by Vredenburg (1921); to Fasciolaridae by Olsson (1931); to Fasciolariinae by MacNeil (1960), Sohl (1964) and Wilson (1994); to Fasciolariidae by Turner (1938), Harris and Palmer (1947), Olsson and Harbison (1953), Woodring (1964), Ladd (1977), Adegoke (1977), Ladd (1982) and Todd (2001); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Peristerniinae by Snyder (2003) and Vermeij and Snyder (2006).

Species lacking formal opinion data

L. aldrichi, L. brevicaudatus, L. dispar, L. extricatus, L. formosior, L. harrisi, L. interstriatus, L. penitus, L. plicatus, L. quercotillaensis, L. sexcostatus, L. stephensoni, L. traceyi, L. traceyi, L. tumbeziensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1810	Latirus Monfort
1921	Lathyrus Vredenburg p. 287
1931	Latirus Olsson p. 107
1938	Latirus Turner p. 74
1947	Latirus Harris and Palmer p. 373
1953	Latirus Olsson and Harbison p. 214
1960	Latirus MacNeil p. 83
1964	Latirus Sohl p. 219
1964	Latirus Woodring p. 274
1977	Latirus Adegoke p. 182
1977	Latirus Ladd p. 55
1982	Latirus Ladd p. 51
1994	Latirus Wilson p. 70
2001	Latirus Todd
2002	Latirus Sepkoski
2003	Latirus Snyder p. 22
2006	Latirus Vermeij and Snyder

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Buccinoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Fasciolariidae	Gray 1853
subfamily	Peristerniinae	Tryon 1880
genus	Latirus	Monfort 1810

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. Latirus Monfort 1810

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Subg. †Lathyrus (Ascolathyrus)

†Lathyrus (Ascolathyrus) angsananus Martin 1921

Subg. Latirus (Latirus) Montfort 1810

Subg. Latirus (Polygona) Schumacher 1817

†Latirus (Polygona) anapetes Woodring 1964

†Latirus (Polygona) ewekoroensis Adegoke 1977

†Latirus (Polygona) fusiformis Gabb 1873

Latirus (Polygona) infundibulum Gmelin 1791

Polygona jucunda McGinty 1940

Latirus abnormis Sowerby 1894

Latirus barclayi Reeve 1847

Latirus belcheri Reeve 1847

†Latirus compactilis Martin 1931

†Latirus duplicatus Vredenburg 1925

†Latirus fasciolariaeformis Martin 1883

Latirus gibbulus Gmelin 1791

Invalid names: Latirus aurantiacus Montfort 1810 [synonym]

†Latirus granifer Martin 1931

†Latirus indicus Vredenburg 1921

†Latirus indifferens Böhm 1891

Latirus infundibulum Gmelin 1791

†Latirus iravadicus Vredenburg 1923

†Latirus irazu Olsson 1922

†Latirus keownvillensis Sohl 1964

†Latirus kirbyi Clark 1938

†Latirus leaensis Harris 1896

†Latirus moorei Gabb 1860

†Latirus nightingalei Hanna 1927

Latirus nodatus Gmelin 1791

Latirus pictus Reeve 1847

Latirus polygonoides Lamarck 1822

Latirus polygonus Gmelin 1791

†Latirus pseudolynchoides Vredenburg 1923

Latirus riiseana Kluster and Kobelt 1874

†Latirus roseburgensis Hendon 1938

†Latirus sindiensis Vredenburg 1921

†Latirus sindiensis birmanica Vredenburg 1923

†Latirus sinuatus Gabb 1864

†Latirus taylorensis Mansfield 1940

Latirus tigroides Kilburn 1975

†Latirus timorensis Martin 1884

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
G. J. Vermeij and M. A. Snyder 2006	Shell medium to large in size, maximum height 50 mm to 113 mm, fusiform, basally constricted; whorls of teleoconch shouldered; last teleoconch whorl typically with two spiral rows of nodes, one at shoulder angulation, the other at central cord, the two rows connected by rounded axial ribs; outer lip of adult minutely reflected, its edge with paired crenations on central sector; adapical and abapical sectors of outer lip concave; inner side of outer lip with beaded lirae or rarely smooth, none of the lirae enlarged to form denticles; inner lip with three or four oblique abapical folds, and in the adult a parietal nodule at adapical end; pseudoumbilicus usually present.

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

actively mobilef

Life habit:

epifaunalf

Diet:

carnivoref

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2009-09-10 08:21:16

Modified:

2009-09-10 10:21:16

Source: f = family, c = class

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 70.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (294 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Oldest occurrences
Maastrichtian	72.1 - 66.0	USA (Texas)	L. sp. (205541)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	Germany	L. indifferens (213668)
Early/Lower Paleocene	66.0 - 61.7	USA (Texas)	L. sp. (84474)
Danian	66.0 - 61.6	USA (Alabama)	L. sp. (83297)
Danian	66.0 - 61.6	USA (Texas)	L. asperpellis, L. sp. (205466) L. elaboratus, L. sp. (205261) L. sp. (85315 205260) L. stephensoni (91803 91812)
Danian	66.0 - 61.6	USA (Illinois)	L. biplicatus (70129)
Paleocene	66.0 - 56.0	USA (California)	L. sp., L. roseburgensis (11117)
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene	61.7 - 55.8	USA (Texas)	L. ostrarupis (84649 84651)
Selandian	61.6 - 59.2	USA (Alabama)	L. biplicatus (2919 86172 86173 86175 86181 90606 205452) L. elaboratus (98421 98422) L. sp. (205427 205499)
Selandian	61.6 - 59.2	Nigeria	L. ewekoroensis (7791)
Selandian	61.6 - 59.2	USA (Texas)	L. stephensoni (178129)
Thanetian	59.2 - 56.0	USA (Alabama)	L. sp. (85322 86176)
Thanetian	59.2 - 56.0	USA (Louisiana)	L. tortillis (98929)
Thanetian	59.2 - 56.0	USA (Virginia)	L. marylandicus (91859)
Thanetian	59.2 - 56.0	USA (Texas)	L. ostrarupis (205530) L. stephensoni, L. textilis (205455)
Thanetian	59.2 - 56.0	Poland	L. subaffinis (27018)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	USA (Texas)	L. sp. (84337) L. traceyi (83950 84325 178054)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	India (Rajasthan)	L. sp. (46999)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	USA (Oregon)	L. roseburgensis (200795 200800 200803)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	USA (Alabama)	L. interstriatus (80779 83810 89873 89946 90144 97454) L. sp. (90143)