Latia manuherikia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chilinoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Gastropoda Subclassis: Heterobranchia Infraclassis: Euthyneura Cohors: Tectipleura Subcohors: Panpulmonata Superordo: Hygrophila Superfamilia: Chilinoidea

Familia: Latiidae
Genus: Latia
Species: †Latia manuherikia

Name

• Latia manuherikia Marshall, 2011
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: fossil shell
    • Repository: MONZ M.296997
  • Type locality and horizon: 'New Zealand, southern South Island, Central Otago, SE of St Bathans, left side of Manuherikia River, Home Hills Station (44°54.5’S, 169°51.5’E), ..., Early–Middle Miocene lake deposit: c. 10 cm sand layer 6.88–7.00 m above base of Bannockburn Formation (bed HH1a: H41/f88)'
  • ZooBank: 0917B5C4-8AB3-455F-8831-6815BB1DAB5A

References

Primary references

• Marshall, B.A. 2011. A new species of Latia Gray, 1850 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Hygrophila: Chilinoidea: Latiidae) from Miocene Palaeo-lake Manuherikia, southern New Zealand, and biogeographic implications. Molluscan Research 31(1): 47–52. Abstract Reference page. 

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