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