Post-Miocene species of Latirus Montfort, 1810 (Mollusca: Fasciolariidae) of southern Florida, with a review of regional marine biostratigraphy
Lyons WG. 1991. Post-Miocene species of Latirus Montfort, 1810 (Mollusca: Fasciolariidae) of southern Florida, with a review of regional marine biostratigraphy. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History, Biological Sciences. 35(3):131-208
Pliocene and Pleistocene marine deposits of southern Florida include the Tamiami, Caloosahatchee Bennont, Ft. Thompson, and Coffee Mill Hammock formations. Eight species of Latirus from three of these deposits are described and illustrated. Latirus (Latirus) nosali new species and L. (Polygona) miamiensis Petuch, 1986, occur in the middle Pliocene Pinecrest facies of the Tamiami Fonnation; L. (L.) stephensae new species, L. (P.) hypsipettus Da11, 1890 (synonym: L. tessellatus seminolensis M. Smith, 1936), and L. (P.) caloosahatchiensis new name for L . tessellatus Dall, 1890, non Recluz, 1844, nee Kobelt, 1874, occur in the late Pliocene Caloosahatchee Fonnation; and L. (L.) cariniferus (Lamarck, 1816), L. (P.) maxwelli Pilsbry, 1939, and L. (P.)jucundus McGinty, 1940, occur in the early Pleistocene Bennont Formation. No species of Latirus is known from the late Pleistocene Ft. Thompson or Coffee Mill Hammock formations. The Florida fossils are compared with 9 late Miocene to Pleistocene species from the Caribbean Basin and with 11 species in the Recent fauna of Florida and the Caribbean Sea. Of the four Recent species of Latirus that occur in Florida, only one also occurs in Florida Pleistocene deposits, but three, and possibly a11 four, are known as Pleistocene fossils in the Caribbean Basin.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Lyons, William
- Units
- BISC
- Keywords
- Biostratigraphy, Miocene, mollusc