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Latiala californica

Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae

Taxonomy

Aporrhais californica was named by Gabb (1864). Its type specimen is UCLA 28625 and 28626 (hypotypes) and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Arrhoges californica by Stewart (1927); it was recombined as Anchura (Arrhoges) californica by Anderson (1958); it was recombined as Arrhoges californicus by Murphy and Rodda (1960); it was recombined as Arrhoges (Latiala) californicus by Popenoe (1983); it was recombined as Latiala californica by Saul (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Arrhoges cibolensis, Arrhoges hayamii, Arrhoges pelecyphora, Arrhoges plenacosta, L. besairiei, L. califomica, L. callositae, L. mountnorrisi

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1864	Aporrhais californica Gabb p. 128 figs. pl. 29, figs. 230 a,b.
1927	Arrhoges californica Stewart p. 363 figs. Plate XXI, fig. 15
1958	Anchura (Arrhoges) californica Anderson p. 165
1960	Arrhoges californicus Murphy and Rodda p. 841 figs. PI. 102, figs. 6,7
1983	Arrhoges (Latiala) californicus Popenoe pp. 761 - 762 figs. Figure 6F, I
1998	Latiala californica Saul pp. 129 - 130 figs. Figures 22-30; Table 6

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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
superfamily	Stromboidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Aporrhaidae	Gray 1850
subfamily	Arrhoginae
genus	Latiala	Sohl 1960
species	californica	()

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 californica Gabb 1864

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Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
L. R. Saul 1998	A small Latiala in which axial sculpture of spire consists of fine, closely spaced, almost sigmoid ribs. Sculpture of body whorl of three to four strong, short ribs, present only on dorsal side, nodular at the shoulder.

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: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Turonian or 100.50000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (14 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	USA (California)	Arrhoges californicus (167601)
Cenomanian - Turonian	100.5 - 89.8	USA (California)	Arrhoges californicus (185413)
Late/Upper Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	USA (California)	Arrhoges californicus (238638) Latiala californica (215620)
Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	USA (California)	Anchura californica (44200 44213) Arrhoges californicus (86791 185409 185415 185440 220340 222100) Latiala californica (219066 220357)