Chorus Gray 1847 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Thaisidae

Alternative spellings: Acanthina (Chorus), Rapana (Chorus)

Parent taxon: Thaisidae according to J. G. Marks 1951

See also Nielson and Valdovinos 2008, Olsson 1931 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Koilopleura

Subtaxa: Chorus giganteus Chorus meroensis Chorus sula

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Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Chile (4 collections), Peru (2)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Chile (2)

• Pliocene of Chile (16), Peru (4)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Chile (3)

• Miocene of Ecuador (1), Peru (19)

• Neogene of Chile (1)

• Oligocene of Ecuador (1), Peru (3)

• Eocene of Peru (1)

Total: 57 collections including 63 occurrences

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