Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Alternative spelling: Latirus (Dolicholatirus)
Parent taxon: Peristerniinae according to M. A. Snyder 2003
See also Harris and Palmer 1947, Ladd 1982, MacNeil 1960, Sepkoski 2002, Todd 2001 and Wilson 1994
Sister taxa: Aptycholathyrus, Benimakia, Brocchitas, Bullockus, Crassicantharus, Dennantia, Exilifusus, Fractolatirus, Fusolatirus, Hemipolygona, Lamellilatirus, Latirogona, Latirolagena, Latirus, Leucozonia, Lightbournus, Mazzalina, Neolatirus, Nodopelagia, Opeatostoma, Peristernia, Pleia, Psammostoma, Pseudolatirus, Streptopelma, Tarantinaea, Taron, Teralatirus
Subtaxa: Dolicholatirus bronni Dolicholatirus exilis Dolicholatirus indicus Dolicholatirus leaensis
Type: Turbinella bronni
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: Hawaii collection)
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1), Ecuador (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Fiji (1), Japan (1), Romania (1), Turkey (2)
• Oligocene of United States (4: Mississippi)
• Eocene of United States (32: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, Texas)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1), Denmark (1), Pakistan (1), United States (2: Maryland, Virginia)
• Cretaceous of United States (10: Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Mississippi, New Jersey, Tennessee)
Total: 60 collections including 68 occurrences
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