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Cristispira cochleiformis

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Turritella cochleiformis was named by Gabb (1869) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Eocene-Early Oligocene; Peru.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Cristispira cochleiformis by DeVries (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Turritella cochleiformis Gabb p. 29
1925Turritella cochleiformis Hanna and Israelsky
2004Turritella cochleiformis DeVries
2007Cristispira cochleiformis DeVries p. 338

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyTurritellidaeLovén 1847
genusCristispiraAllison 1965
speciescochleiformis(Gabb 1869)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
T. J. DeVries 2007Shell small, hypercampanulate, with two keeled primary spirals close to midpoint of whorls.