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

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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