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

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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