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

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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