Latirus nightingalei Hanna 1927 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae

Full reference: M. A. Hanna. 1927. An Eocene invertebrate fauna from the La Jolla Quadrangle, California . University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 16(8):247-398

Belongs to Latirus according to M. A. Hanna 1927

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 kirbyi, Latirus leaensis, Latirus moorei, 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 30938, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at San Nicholas Island (21649) (Eocene to Eocene of California)

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