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Latiala nodosa

Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae

Taxonomy
Alaria nodosa was named by Packard (1922). Its type specimen is UCMP 12297 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 2155, Santa Ana Mountains, which is in a Turonian/Campanian marine horizon in California.

It was recombined as Latiala nodosa by Saul (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Alaria nodosa Packard p. 430 figs. Plate 36, figures 5a and 5b
1958Alaria nodosa Anderson pp. 166 - 167
1998Latiala nodosa Saul p. 132 figs. Figures 44-52; Table S.

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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
superfamilyStromboidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyAporrhaidaeGray 1850
subfamilyArrhoginae
genusLatialaSohl 1960
speciesnodosa()

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.

†Latiala nodosa Packard 1922
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. L. Packard 1922Shell medium sized, spire high, eight whorls; spire whorls tumid, ornamented by about 14 slightly oblique transverse ribs, which do not reach the suture; region just below the suture on each whorl ornament ed by several very fine spiral ridges; body whorl large, canal long; outer lip flat, expanded lower margin slightly concave; upper margin somewhat concave from the bluntly pointed, upward directed projection of the lip. Height of type, 27+ mm.
L. R. Saul 1998A thick-shelled Latiala with about four teleoconch whorls having 14 obhque axial ribs per whorl, seven to eight axial ribs on body whorl not restricted to back of whorl, and a broad wing.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-05-20 05:55:58
Modified: 2009-10-09 22:54:17
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (California) Alaria nodosa (86860) Arrhoges californicus (215288) Latiala nodosa (215287 220931 220941 222111 238629 239925)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (California) Alaria nodosa (80928 80929 80934 80935 80936) Arrhoges californicus (215310 220360 222102) Latiala nodosa (177715 220370 220935 220939)
Turonian - Santonian93.9 - 83.6USA (California) Alaria nodosa (80941 80942)
Late/Upper Turonian - Late/Upper Campanian93.9 - 72.2USA (California) Alaria nodosa (type locality: 207824)