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 dentata, Pleurotoma cochlearis, Pleurotoma monterosatoi, Pleurotoma undata, Pleurotoma porcelana, Pleurotoma harrisi, Pleurotoma congesta, Pleurotoma bavarica, Pleurotoma gracilicostata, Pleurotoma inflexa, Pleurotoma harpula, Pleurotoma filosa, Pleurotoma albinoides, Pleurotoma herklotsi, Pleurotoma heptagona, Pleurotoma lineolata, Pleurotoma ktolemandoensis, Pleurotoma marginata, Pleurotoma turricula, Pleurotoma (Tripia), Pleurotoma beringi, Pleurotoma ickei, Pleurotoma decussata, Pleurotoma curtistoma, Turris (Pleurotoma) perissolaxoides, Pleurotoma pannus, Pleurotoma abundans, Pleurotoma transversaria, Pleurotoma sanctaecrucis, Pleurotoma angermanni, Pleurotoma newsomi, Pleurotoma veracruzana, Pleurotoma decliva, Pleurotoma catenata, Pleurotoma clavicularis, Pleurotoma faxensis, Pleurotoma denticulata, Pleurotoma striarella, Pleurotoma speciosa, Pleurotoma coronifer, Pleurotoma intorta, Pleurotoma scaliae, Pleurotoma transmontana, Pleurotoma dalli, Pleurotoma catenata, Pleurotoma furcata, Pleurotoma guibersoni, Pleurotoma hilgardi, Pleurotoma ocoyana, Pleurotoma turrella, Pleurotoma inaudita, Pleurotoma zapoteca, Turris (Pleurotoma) nomlandi, Pleurotoma mississippiensis, Pleurotoma rotaedens, Pleurotoma senilis, Pleurotoma domenginei, Pleurotoma porrecta, Pleurotoma guppyana, Pleurotoma morreni, Pleurotoma gemmata, Pleurotoma multinoda, Pleurotoma turris, Pleurotoma haydeni, Pleurotoma curvicosta, Pleurotoma sulcata, Pleurotoma (Pleurotoma), Pleurotoma glabrata, Pleurotoma butonensis, Pleurotoma eborides, Pleurotoma chehalisensis, Pleurotoma nodulosa, Pleurotoma schaeferi

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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