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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

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

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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
speciescalifornica()

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
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. R. Saul 1998A 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.