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Turritella chira
Taxonomy
Turritella chira was named by Olsson (1928) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Eocene-Early Oligocene.]. Its type specimen is PRI 3633, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Casa Saman [Saman Fm], which is in an Eocene coastal sandstone/conglomerate in the Saman Formation of Peru.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. adela, T. agronomica, T. alcida, T. altiliroides, T. ameghinoi, T. anguillana, T. bilara, T. bilboraensis, T. biplicata, T. boycensis, T. brankampi, T. callizona, T. capensis, T. carninata, T. caseyi, T. chalybeatensis, T. chirena, T. claytonensis, T. cobbani, T. codellana, T. collazica, T. crocus, T. diastropha, T. difficilis, T. distincta, T. falconensis, T. fascialiis, T. femina, T. fischeri, T. forgemoli, T. gardnerae, T. hilli, T. jenkinsi, T. kauffmani, T. knysnaensis, T. kowiensis, T. laevissima, T. lajollaensis, T. leonensis, T. lineolta, T. litharia, T. malaspina, T. mcnairyensis, T. megalobasis, T. meunieri, T. millepunctata, T. ministeri, T. molarium, T. monserratensis, T. multilinata, T. mundula, T. neusensis, T. novaesemljae, T. paraensis, T. pedroana, T. pelusae, T. perrieri, T. peterseni, T. pirabica, T. pliorecens, T. pontoni, T. poronaiensis, T. premimetes, T. rostrata, T. rubricollis, T. soaresana, T. submortoni, T. tanaguraensis, T. trilara, T. triplicata, T. turneri, T. wagneriana, T. wasana, T. webbi, T. wiedenmayeri, T. pllanigyrata, T. conspicablis, T. chichibuensis, T. premortoni, T. waltonensis
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1928 | Turritella chira Olsson p. 66 figs. pl. 14, fig. 5 |
1946 | Turritella chira Clark and Durham p. 24 |
2007 | Turritella chira DeVries p. 344 |
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†Turritella chira Olsson 1928
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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T. J. DeVries 2007 | Shell small- to medium-sized, frustate, broadly biangulate. Lateral growth line with anterior inflection, posterior apex. |