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Pyruclia tweedledee
Taxonomy
Pyruclia tweedledee was named by Landau et al. (2012). Its type specimen is NMB H 19897, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is TU 961 - Cativa [lower Gatun Fm], which is in a Tortonian coastal siltstone in the Gatun Formation of Panama.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2012 | Pyruclia tweedledee Landau et al. p. 919 figs. figs. 5.15-5.23, 7.5 |
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†Pyruclia tweedledee Landau et al. 2012
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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B. Landau et al. 2012 | Medium to large Pyruclia species, with mid height spire, multispiral protoconch, axial sculpture on adapical two to three teleoconch whorls, spiral sculpture almost absent, inflated last whorl, weakly lirate outer lip and weak, sharp columellar folds. |