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

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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