Basic info | Taxonomic history | Classification | Included Taxa |
Morphology | Ecology and taphonomy | External Literature Search | Age range and collections |
Latiala nodosa
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).
It was recombined as Latiala nodosa by Saul (1998).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data
|
|
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
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
---|---|---|
E. L. Packard 1922 | Shell 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 1998 | A 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. |