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Chlorostoma chilena

Gastropoda - Trochidae

Taxonomy
Tegula (Chlorostoma) chilena was named by Nielsen et al. (2004). Its type specimen is SGO.PI.4967, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Matanzas (MAP), which is in a Miocene marine siltstone in the Navidad Formation of Chile.

It was recombined as Chlorostoma chilena by Nielsen (2013).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. exolutum, C. funebrale, C. gallina, C. exolutum, Tegula gallina, Tegula rugata
Entered
by A. Hendy on 2013-12-03; modified by M. Clapham on 2026-01-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Tegula (Chlorostoma) chilena Nielsen et al. p. 77 figs. 25-27
2013Chlorostoma chilena Nielsen p. 35

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTrochoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTrochidaeRafinesque 1815
genusChlorostomaSwainson 1840
specieschilena(Nielsen et al. 2004)

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.

†Chlorostoma chilena Nielsen et al. 2004
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available