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

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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