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

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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