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ERMS taxon details

Latirus Montfort, 1810

AphiaID

138003 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138003)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Fasciolariinae Gray, 1853

Original name

Latirus Montfort, 1810

Synonymised names

Lathyrus [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling [by Schinz, 1825] of...)

misspelling [by Schinz, 1825] of Latirus Montfort, 1810

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Species Latirus rugosissimus (Locard, 1897)
Subgenus Latirus (Aptyxis) Troschel, 1868 accepted as Aptyxis Troschel, 1868 (original rank)
1. Species Latirus (Aptyxis) syracusanus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Fusinus syracusanus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Aptyxis syracusana (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Latirus albus Jeffreys, 1873 accepted as Metzgeria alba (Jeffreys, 1873)
Species Latirus armatus A. Adams, 1855 accepted as Hemipolygona armata (A. Adams, 1855) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Latirus labronicus (Monterosato, 1884) accepted as Pseudofusus labronicus Monterosato, 1884 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Latirus profetai (Nofroni, 1982) accepted as Pseudofusus profetai (Nofroni, 1982) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Latirus unifasciatus (W. Wood, 1828) accepted as Fasciolaria lignaria (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Tarantinaea lignaria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Environment

marine

Original description

Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): 530 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Latirus Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138003 on 2025-06-01

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Latirus Montfort, 1810. Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138003 on 2025-06-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

2006-03-30 11:31:32Z

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Vandepitte, Leen

2010-07-09 09:18:48Z

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Tran, Bastien

2012-03-25 21:13:38Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2016-04-07 17:54:11Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2017-06-07 18:28:33Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): 530 [details]

basis of record Snyder M.A. (2003). Catalogue of the marine gastropod family Fasciolariidae. Academy of Natural Sciences. of Philadelphia, Special Publication. 21iii + 1–431., available online at http://books.google.fr/books?id=9Ycn67QUAJIC [details]

additional source Couto D., Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Simone L.R.L. & Giribet G. (2016). A multilocus molecular phylogeny of Fasciolariidae (Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 99: 309-322., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.03.025 [details] Available for editors

additional source Bullock, R. C. (1974). A contribution to the systematics of some West Indian Latirus (Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae). The Nautilus. 88(3): 69-79, figs. 1-25., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8097412 [details]