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Dolicholatirus exilis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae

Taxonomy

Latirus exilis was named by Gabb (1873) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; Dominican Republic.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Dolicholatirus exilis by Snyder (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

D. acus, D. cervicrassus, D. eocenensis, D. harrisi, D. indicu, D. interstriatus, D. lancea, D. metae, D. obtusus, D. perexilis, D. singleyi, D. tombigbeensis, Latirus bilineatus, Latirus dispar, Latirus harrisi, Latirus interstriatus, Latirus leaenus, Latirus singleyi, Latirus striatulus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1873	Latirus exilis Gabb p. 217
1917	Latirus exilis Maury p. 83
2003	Dolicholatirus exilis Snyder p. 302

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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	Dolicholatirus	Bellardi 1884
species	exilis	(Gabb 1873)

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.

†Dolicholatirus exilis Gabb 1873

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

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: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 33.90000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	USA (Mississippi)	Dolicholatirus exilis (6002 6005 177590)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Dominican Republic	Latirus exilis (58819)