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

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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