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

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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