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

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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