Tritiaria chira Olsson 1931 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1931. Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 4, The Peruvian Oligocene. Bulletins of American Paleontology 17(63)

Belongs to Tritiaria according to A. A. Olsson 1931

Sister taxa: Nassarius (Tritiaria) peralta, Tritiaria ecuadoriana, Tritiaria hilli, Tritiaria jacksonensis, Tritiaria magnooostatus, Tritiaria terebratula, Tritiaria vicksburgensis, Tritiaria waynensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is 3-4 miles north of Casa Saman, Chira Valley, which is in a Priabonian marine shale/ash in the Chira Formation of Peru

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at 3-4 miles north of Casa Saman, Chira Valley

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