Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Alternative spellings: Pleurotoma (Pleurofusia), Surcula (Pleurofusia), Turricula (Pleurofusia)
Parent taxon: Turridae according to J. A. Todd 2001
See also Dockery 1977, Harris and Palmer 1947, Petuch 1997, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Vredenburg 1921 and Woodring 1970
Sister taxa: Adelocythara, Amekicythara, Amuletum, Andicula, Awateria, Beretra, Borsoniinae, Cochlespirella, Cochlespiropsis, Cryptoconinae, Cryptogemma, Daphinellinae, Decollidrillia, Drilliinae, Drillinae, Eopleurotoma, Eosurcula, Epalxis, Epidirella, Eucheilodon, Fusimilis, Gemmula, Genotia, Glabrocythara, Hemisurcula, Hesperiturris, Iotyrris, Kuroshioturris, Lepicythara, Lophiotoma, Lucerapex, Lurifax, Lutema, Lyrosurcula, Megasurcula, Michela, Muteluma, Nasavusavuia, Optoturris, Pachycythara, Parasyngenochilus, Perrona, Polystira, Procerapex, Protosurcula, Pseudoraphitoma, Ptychosyrinx, Remnita, Scalaturris, Scobinella, Sedilia, Sinistrella, Sullivania, Surculites, Surculoma, Trachelochetus, Trypanotoma, Trypanotopsis, Turridrupa, Turrinae, Turrinosyrinx, Turris, Unedogemmula, Vaughanites, Xenuroturris
Subtaxa: Pleurofusia (Cruziturricula) Pleurofusia collaris Pleurofusia dowlingi Pleurofusia fluctuosa Pleurofusia fresnoensis Pleurofusia ladrilloensis Pleurofusia raricostata Pleurofusia vicksburgensis Pleurotoma (Pleurofusia) longirostropsis Surcula (Pleurofusia) feddeni Surcula (Pleurofusia) fusus Surcula (Pleurofusia) phasma Surcula (Pleurofusia) scala Turricula (Pleurofusia) danvicola Turricula (Pleurofusia) obliquinodosa Turricula (Pleurofusia) pseudoscala Turricula (Pleurofusia) subservata
Type: Pleurotoma (Pleurofusia) longirostropsis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Panama (1)
• Miocene of Brazil (5), Colombia (15), Ecuador (3), Mexico (1), Myanmar (5), Panama (29), Peru (1)
• Oligocene of Mexico (1), Myanmar (5), Panama (1), United States (33: Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina)
• Eocene of Indonesia (2), Mexico (1), Pakistan (2), United States (79: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Washington), Venezuela (2)
• Paleocene of United States (2: California, Texas)
Total: 189 collections including 237 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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