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