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Colpospira tristira

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Turritella tristira was named by Tate (1885) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene; Southern Australia.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Colpospira tristira by Darragh (1970).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Turritella conspicablis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Turritella tristira Tate p. 227
1970Colpospira tristira Darragh p. 203

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyTurritellidaeLovén 1847
subfamilyTurritellinaeLovén 1847
genusColpospira(Donald 1900)
speciestristira(Tate 1885)

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.

†Colpospira tristira Tate 1885
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available