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Latirus (Polygona)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae

Taxonomy
Polygona was named by Schumacher (1817). It is extant. Its type is Murex infundibulum.

It was reranked as Latirus (Polygona) by Schumacher (1817), Olsson and Harbison (1953), Dey (1961), Woodring (1964), Adegoke (1977), Todd (2001).

It was assigned to Latirus by Schumacher (1817), Olsson and Harbison (1953), Dey (1961), Woodring (1964), Adegoke (1977), Todd (2001).

Subtaxa
Latirus (Polygona) anapetes, Latirus (Polygona) ewekoroensis, Latirus (Polygona) fusiformis, Latirus (Polygona) infundibulum, Polygona jucunda
Species lacking formal opinion data
Latirus aldrichi, Latirus angularis, Latirus asperpellis, Latirus bilineatus, Latirus bilineatus, Latirus biplicatus, Latirus bornensis, Latirus brevicaudatus, Latirus brevicaudatus, Latirus callimorphus, Latirus carinatus, Latirus carinifer, Latirus castaneus, Latirus cepporum, Latirus cingulifera, Latirus coarctatus, Latirus concentricus, Latirus corallinus, Latirus coreanicus, Latirus crassus, Latirus craticulatus, Latirus delphinus, Latirus dispar, Latirus duerri, Latirus elaboratus, Latirus extricatus, Latirus floridanus, Latirus formosior, Latirus gurabensis, Latirus gurabensis, Latirus harrisi, Latirus hexagonus, Latirus hypsipettus, Latirus indistinctus, Latirus infundibulum, Latirus interstriatus, Latirus interstriatus, Latirus jogjacartensis, Latirus leaenus, Latirus lynchi, Latirus lynchi, Latirus lyncoides, Latirus madiunensis, Latirus marylandicus, Latirus maxwelli, Latirus miamiensis, Latirus mississippiensis, Latirus moravicus, Latirus multilineatus, Latirus nematus, Latirus neoulios, Latirus ostrarupis, Latirus ostrarupis, Latirus paetelianus, Latirus penitus, Latirus perobesus, Latirus pinensis, Latirus pleuricostatus, Latirus plicatus, Latirus productus, Latirus protractus, Latirus quadriplicatus, Latirus quercotillaensis, Latirus reticanalis, Latirus rugatus, Latirus seminolensis, Latirus sexcostatus, Latirus singleyi, Latirus stephensoni, Latirus striatulus, Latirus subaffinis, Latirus subcostatus, Latirus suturalis, Latirus taurinus, Latirus tepus, Latirus textilis, Latirus tjilongenensis, Latirus tortillis, Latirus traceyi, Latirus traceyi, Latirus tuberculatus, Latirus tumbeziensis, Latirus turritus, Latirus valenciennesi, Latirus valenciennesi, Latirus varicosus, Polygona angulata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Latirus (Polygona) Schumacher
1953Latirus (Polygona) Olsson and Harbison p. 214
1961Latirus (Polygona) Dey
1964Latirus (Polygona) Woodring p. 274
1977Latirus (Polygona) Adegoke p. 182
2001Latirus (Polygona) Todd

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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
genusLatirusMonfort 1810
subgenusPolygona(Schumacher 1817)

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.

Subg. Latirus (Polygona) Schumacher 1817
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†Latirus (Polygona) anapetes Woodring 1964
Polygona jucunda McGinty 1940
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Selandian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 61.66000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 59.24 Ma

Collections (42 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Nigeria Latirus ewekoroensis (7791)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Texas) Latirus traceyi (178054)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Texas) Latirus traceyi (205520 205521)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Mexico (Tamaulipas) Latirus neoulios (43035)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Latirus neoulios (42993)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Middle Miocene33.9 - 11.63Haiti Latirus fusiformis (173459)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98India Latirus hexagonus (72033)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Venezuela (Falcon) Latirus anapetes (60144)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Dominican Republic Latirus fusiformis (74958)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Dominican Republic Latirus fusiformis (58816)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Latirus infundibulum (60637 81976)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Latirus fusiformis (84965 93797 94001 131661)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas) Latirus sp. (135944)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas del Toro) Latirus sp. (135816 135822)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Latirus fusiformis (75036) Latirus gurabensis (75038) Latirus infundibulum (74966 75037 75039) Latirus sp. (74967)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Latirus reticanalis (41551)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Latirus fusiformis (58821)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Latirus fusiformis (74968 80136 93733) Latirus infundibulum (74970 80084) Latirus sp. (74965)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas) Latirus sp. (135832)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica Latirus infundibulum (69090 69094) Latirus nematus, Latirus infundibulum (58522)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Latirus hypsipettus, Latirus seminolensis, Latirus brevicaudatus (79331)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Latirus jucundus (35031 67070)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Polygona angulata (96538)