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