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Potamides chira

Gastropoda - Potamididae

Taxonomy
Potamides chira was named by Olsson (1931). 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.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. acutus, P. amoricus, P. angulosus, P. annulatus, P. aspalagensis, P. bicostatus, P. bocapanensis, P. cahobasensis, P. caobensis, P. carbonica, P. cinctum, P. cinctus, P. concava, P. concavus, P. confluens, P. conjunctus, P. conoideus, P. cordieri, P. cornutus, P. crassicostatus, P. cristatus, P. disjunctus, P. disjunctus, P. dixoni, P. duplex, P. durranus, P. figolinum, P. fulvarupis, P. funatum, P. gamlitzensis, P. girondicus, P. hartbergensis, P. hillsboroensis, P. huzitai, P. infraliratus, P. interruptus, P. labyrinthus, P. lamarkii, P. lapidum, P. lewisana, P. menkrawitensis, P. micraulax, P. mitralis, P. nimpha, P. nodosoplicatum, P. nodosoplicatus, P. obscurus, P. ormei, P. ornata, P. packardi, P. patagonensis, P. perditus, P. plicatum, P. plicifera, P. qararaensis, P. scalaroides, P. scalatus, P. taitboutii, P. tayamaia, P. temalacensis, P. tricinctus, P. tricinctus, P. tristriatus, P. vagus, P. variabilis, P. variesculptus, P. ventricosum, P. ventricosus, P. wardi, P. woodringi, P. cylindraceus, P. zitteli, P. interruptus, P. pakistanicus, P. scalaroides, P. transecta, P. discolor, P. cristatus, P. dujardini, P. lapidum, P. perditus, P. tristriatus, P. mixtus, P. semicoronatus, P. baccatum, P. cinctus, P. einctus, P. margaritaceus, P. papaveraceas, P. subcinctum, P. semicoronatus, P. acutus, P. cornutus, P. trochlearispina

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Potamides chira Olsson p. 88 figs. Plate 15, Fig. 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyPotamididae(Adams and Adams 1854)
genusPotamidesBrongniart 1810
specieschira

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.

†Potamides chira Olsson 1931
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:14:03
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:14:03
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Peru (Piura) Potamides chira (type locality: 55431)