Pleurotoma mississippiensis Conrad 1848 (turrid)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

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 Pleurotoma according to T. A. Conrad 1848

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

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: found only at Vicksburg

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