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

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

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

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