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

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

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

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