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

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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