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

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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