Pleurotoma guppyana Maury 1912 (turrid)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

Full reference: C. J. Maury. 1912. A contribution to the paleontology of Trinidad. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 15:1-112

Belongs to Pleurotoma according to C. J. Maury 1912

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

Type specimen: PRI (unknown number), a partial shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bed No. 8, Soldado Rock (Eocene of Trinidad and Tobago)

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