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Terebra canisaxi
Taxonomy
Terebra canisaxi was named by Kensley and Pether (1986). Its type specimen is SAM-PQ-HB557, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. amabilis, T. anomala, T. atorquatum, T. aulakoessa, T. babylon, T. cingulifera, T. colume, T. denotans, T. derbyi, T. estaciana, T. formosana, T. hanzawai, T. hiwanneensis, T. lucana, T. orthoplicata, T. paraensis, T. peramabilis, T. straminea, T. torquata, T. variegata, T. xoci, T. zapotalensis, T. torquata, T. felina, T. odopoia, T. brassoensis, T. trinitatensis, T. eskata, T. psesta, T. pupiformis, T. rabdota, T. vaca
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1986 | Terebra canisaxi Kensley and Pether p. 197 figs. fig. 32 |
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†Terebra canisaxi Kensley and Pether 1986
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| B. Kensley and J. Pether 1986 | Shell of protoconch of 2l smooth whorls, plus 7 postnatal whorls. Postnatal whorl sculpture consisting of strong, rounded, axial ribs running from upper to lower suture, sometimes alternating from one whorl to next, sometimes continuous. Postnatal whorl 1 with 9 ribs, following 6 whorls each with 8-9 ribs, body whorl with 9-10 ribs. Anterior canal short, open, flexed to left. Base rounded. Columella lacking pleats, smooth; low fasciole present. Spiral groove absent. |
Measurements
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| References: Abbott and Dance 1986, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Pliocene or 3.60000 to 2.58800 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Pliocene | South Africa (Western Cape) | Terebra canisaxi (118306 118317 118318) |