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

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

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

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