Terebra tantula Conrad 1848 (auger snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae

Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1848. Observations on the Eocene formations, and descriptions of one hundred and five new fossils from that period, from the vicinity of Vicksburg, Mississippi; with an appendix. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 3:280-299

Belongs to Terebra according to T. A. Conrad 1848

Sister taxa: Terebra (Diplomeriza), Terebra (Fusoterebra), Terebra (Microtrypetes), Terebra (Mirula), Terebra (Myurellina), Terebra (Oreoterebra), Terebra (Panaterebra), Terebra (Paraterebra), Terebra (Terebra), Terebra (Triplostephanus), Terebra abditiva, Terebra aclinica, Terebra affinis, Terebra amitra, Terebra areolata, Terebra bicincta, Terebra bipartita, Terebra burckhardti, Terebra californica, Terebra canalis, Terebra canisaxi, Terebra conspersa, Terebra constricta, Terebra costaricensis, Terebra coxi, Terebra curvilineata, Terebra dalabeensis, Terebra divisurum, Terebra eleuthria, Terebra estrellana, Terebra gedrosiana, Terebra herklotsi, Terebra hochstetteri, Terebra inornata, Terebra insulae, Terebra inversa, Terebra jacksonensis, Terebra javana, Terebra juvenicostata, Terebra kilburni, Terebra laudata, Terebra lepta, Terebra maculata, Terebra martini, Terebra mekranica, Terebra modesta, Terebra narica, Terebra nebulosa, Terebra negritensis, Terebra niauensis, Terebra oligomitra, Terebra paucistriata, Terebra perturrita, Terebra petiti, Terebra plicifera, Terebra protexta, Terebra pumbriensis, Terebra scalarina, Terebra specillata, Terebra spei, Terebra subtessellata, Terebra subulata, Terebra succincta, Terebra texagyra, Terebra textilis, Terebra tjidamarensis, Terebra travancorensis, Terebra undulata, Terebra unilineatum, Terebra waisiuensis, Terebra wattsiana, Terebra (Myurella) indica, Terebra (Myurella) protomyuros, Terebra (Myurella) kyudawonensis, Terebra (Myurella) oldhami, Terebra (Myurella) tipperi, Terebra (Myurella) promensis, Myurella quettensis, Myurella katchhensis, Terebra (Myurella) trizonata, Terebra (Myurella) aspera, Myurella reticulata, Terebra (Myurella) myuros, Terebra (Myurella) hornelli, Myurella aiyengari, Terebra (Myurella) wadiai, Terebra (Myurella) martini, Terebra (Myurella) birmanica, Terebra (Myurella) euglyptica, Terebra (Subula) cossmanni, Subula (Oxymeris), Terebra (Subula) noetlingi, Terebra (Acus) curvilirata, Terebra (Acus) curvilineata, Terebra (Acus) benthalis, Terebra (Acus) sincera

Type specimen: Its type locality is Vicksburg, which is in a Rupelian marine marl in the Byram Marl Formation of Mississippi

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (1: South Carolina collection)

• Oligocene of United States (7: Mississippi)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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