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Pyruclia tweedledee
Taxonomy
Pyruclia tweedledee was named by Landau et al. (2012). Its type specimen is NMB H 19897, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is TU 961 - Cativa [lower Gatun Fm], which is in a Tortonian coastal siltstone in the Gatun Formation of Panama.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2012 | Pyruclia tweedledee Landau et al. p. 919 figs. figs. 5.15-5.23, 7.5 |
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†Pyruclia tweedledee Landau et al. 2012
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| B. Landau et al. 2012 | Medium to large Pyruclia species, with mid height spire, multispiral protoconch, axial sculpture on adapical two to three teleoconch whorls, spiral sculpture almost absent, inflated last whorl, weakly lirate outer lip and weak, sharp columellar folds. |
Measurements
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Tortonian or 11.63000 to 7.24600 Ma
Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Tortonian | Panama | Pyruclia tweedledee (type locality: 92597 136005) | |
| Tortonian | Panama (Colon) | Pyruclia tweedledee (79779 79780 79784 79791 79792 136014) | |
| Tortonian | Panama (Darien) | Pyruclia tweedledee (136104) |