Pleurotoma cristata Conrad 1848 (turrid)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

Alternative combination: Cochlespira cristata

Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1848. Observations on the Eocene formations, and descriptions of one hundred and five new fossils from that period, from the vicinity of Vicksburg, Mississippi; with an appendix. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 3:280-299

Belongs to Pleurotoma according to T. A. Conrad 1848

See also Woodring 1970

Sister taxa: Turris (Turris), Turris adendanii, Turris ahmedi, Turris altuscollus, Turris andersoni, Turris baudoni, Turris burroensis, Turris cleopatrae, Turris garoensis, Turris gilchristi, Turris higoensis, Turris hornesi, Turris inconstans, Turris kaffraria, Turris kirkensis, Turris louderbacki, Turris monolifera, Turris multigyrata, Turris suturalis, Turris worcesteri, Pleurotoma clavicularis, Pleurotoma transmontana, Pleurotoma angermanni, Pleurotoma multinoda, Pleurotoma mississippiensis, Pleurotoma inaudita, Pleurotoma guibersoni, Pleurotoma ktolemandoensis, Pleurotoma harrisi, Pleurotoma heptagona, Pleurotoma turricula, Pleurotoma intorta, Pleurotoma porrecta, Pleurotoma abundans, Pleurotoma speciosa, Pleurotoma denticulata, Pleurotoma sanctaecrucis, Pleurotoma filosa, Pleurotoma inflexa, Pleurotoma dentata, Pleurotoma furcata, Turris (Pleurotoma) nomlandi, Pleurotoma domenginei, Pleurotoma undata, Pleurotoma zapoteca, Pleurotoma (Tripia), Pleurotoma coronifer, Pleurotoma guppyana, Pleurotoma porcelana, Pleurotoma sulcata, Pleurotoma ickei, Pleurotoma ocoyana, Pleurotoma glabrata, Pleurotoma veracruzana, Pleurotoma dalli, Pleurotoma gracilicostata, Pleurotoma albinoides, Pleurotoma morreni, Pleurotoma turris, Pleurotoma lineolata, Turris (Pleurotoma) perissolaxoides, Pleurotoma eborides, Pleurotoma catenata, Pleurotoma striarella, Pleurotoma decliva, Pleurotoma (Pleurotoma), Pleurotoma cochlearis, Pleurotoma faxensis, Pleurotoma gemmata, Pleurotoma chehalisensis, Pleurotoma scaliae, Pleurotoma nodulosa, Pleurotoma hilgardi, Pleurotoma marginata, Pleurotoma harpula, Pleurotoma decussata, Pleurotoma haydeni, Pleurotoma beringi, Pleurotoma herklotsi, Pleurotoma congesta, Pleurotoma curvicosta, Pleurotoma monterosatoi, Pleurotoma transversaria, Pleurotoma butonensis, Pleurotoma schaeferi, Pleurotoma bavarica, Pleurotoma senilis, Pleurotoma rotaedens, Pleurotoma newsomi, Pleurotoma catenata, Pleurotoma curtistoma, Pleurotoma pannus, Pleurotoma turrella

Type specimen: Its type locality is Vicksburg, which is in a Rupelian marine marl in the Byram Marl Formation of Mississippi

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (14: Mississippi collections)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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