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Latiala heliaca

Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae

Taxonomy
Latiala heliaca was named by Saul (1998). Its type specimen is LACMIP 11378, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LACMIP loc. 28788, Big Tar Canyon, which is in a Cenomanian marine conglomerate in the Panoche Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Latiala heliaca Saul pp. 128 - 129 figs. Figure.s 14-18, 20-21; Table 5

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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
speciesheliaca

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 heliaca Saul 1998
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. R. Saul 1998A slender fusiform Latiala with ahout 16 axial ribs on spire whorls, greatlv reduced on final whorl to two or three on dorsal side of body whorl.
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: Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9USA (California) Latiala heliaca (219064)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9USA (California) Arrhoges californicus (1804)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (California) Latiala heliaca (type locality: 219086)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (California) Arrhoges californicus (1787 1793 1794 1796 1797 1798 1799 1800 1801 1803 1805 1806 1807 1810)