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Pseudolatirus tortilis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae

Taxonomy
Fusus tortilis was named by Whitfield (1865) [DISTRIBUTION: Paleocene-Eocene; western Atlantic.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Latirus tortilis by Maury (1912); it was recombined as Pseudolatirus tortilis by Snyder (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. acuelatus, P. concinnus, P. tumbezensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Fusus tortilis Whitfield p. 260 figs. pl. 27, fig. 5
1912Latirus tortilis Maury p. 77
2003Pseudolatirus tortilis Snyder p. 309

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyFasciolariidaeGray 1853
subfamilyPeristerniinaeTryon 1880
genusPseudolatirusBellardi 1883
speciestortilis(Whitfield 1865)

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.

†Pseudolatirus tortilis Whitfield 1865
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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Selandian to the top of the Thanetian or 61.66000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.24USA (Alabama) Fusus tortilis (35081)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24USA (Alabama) Latirus tortilis (2915 2916 2917 2918 2919 84471 86181 98418 98423 98434 205452 205499)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24USA (Mississippi) Latirus tortilis (98521)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Latirus tortilis (90610)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (Louisiana) Latirus tortilis (92305)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Trinidad and Tobago Latirus tortilis (80170)