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Turritella chira

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Turritella chira Olsson p. 66 figs. pl. 14, fig. 5
1946Turritella chira Clark and Durham p. 24
2007Turritella chira DeVries p. 344

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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
genusTurritellaLamarck 1799
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.

Turritella chira Olsson 1928
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
T. J. DeVries 2007Shell small- to medium-sized, frustate, broadly biangulate. Lateral growth line with anterior inflection, posterior apex.