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

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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