Turris burroensis Nelson 1925 (turrid)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

Full reference: R. N. Nelson. 1925. A contribution to the paleontology of the Martinez Eocene of California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 15(11):397-466

Belongs to Turris according to R. N. Nelson 1925

See also Squires 1999

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

Type specimen: CAS 990, a shell. Its type locality is CAS loc. 391, Runkle Canyon, Simi Hills, which is in a Selandian marine siliciclastic in the Santa Susana Formation of California.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at CAS loc. 391, Runkle Canyon, Simi Hills

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