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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. leonensis, T. lineolta, T. litharia, T. malaspina, 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. pirabica, T. pliorecens, T. pontoni, T. poronaiensis, T. premimetes, T. rostrata, T. rubricollis, T. soaresana, 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
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| T. J. DeVries 2007 | Shell small- to medium-sized, frustate, broadly biangulate. Lateral growth line with anterior inflection, posterior apex. |
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Burdigalian or 41.30000 to 15.97000 Ma
Collections (16 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bartonian | Netherlands Antilles (Curacao) | Turritella chira (60088 60089) | |
| Bartonian | Colombia (Bolivar) | Turritella chira (3312) | |
| Bartonian | Peru (Piura) | Turritella chira (52525 52526 52527) | |
| Priabonian | Peru (Piura) | Turritella chira (55431) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | Peru (Piura) | Turritella chira (type locality: 52523) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | Peru | Turritella chira (80433) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | Colombia | Turritella chira (42788 103544 103934) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Peru | Turritella chira (80461 80462) | |
| Oligocene | Venezuela | Turritella chira (134837) | |
| Aquitanian - Burdigalian | Colombia (La Guajira) | Turritella chira (157335) |