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

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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