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

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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