Turris ahmedi Abbass 1967 (turrid)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

Full reference: H. L. Abbass. 1967. A monograph on the Egyptian Paleocene and Eocene gastropods. United Arab Republic, Geological Survey-Geological Museum, Palaeontological Series, Monograph (4)1-154

Belongs to Turris according to H. L. Abbass 1967

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

Type specimen: G383, a shell.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Egypt 6 (Tura) (Eocene of Egypt)

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