Turris inconstans Cooper 1894 (turrid)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

Alternative combination: Surcula inconstans

Full reference: J. G. Cooper. 1894. Catalogue of Californian fossils. (Parts II, III, IV, and V). California State Mining Bureau Bulletin No. 4 1-65

Belongs to Turris according to R. E. Dickerson 1913

See also Cooper 1894 and Squires 2001

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

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at UCMP loc. 1853, Marysville Buttes (Eocene of California)

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