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

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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