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