Latirus kirbyi Clark 1938 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae

Full reference: B. L. Clark. 1938. Fauna from the Markley Formation (Upper Eocene) on Pleasant Creek, California . Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 49:683-730

Belongs to Latirus according to B. L. Clark 1938

Sister taxa: 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 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 specimen: UCMP 12464. Its type locality is UCMP A1297, which is in an Eocene marine sandstone in the Markley Formation of California.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at UCMP A1297

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