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

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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