Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Alternative combination: Fusus heptagonus
Belongs to Pleurotoma according to Guembel 1861
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 beringi, Pleurotoma albinoides, Pleurotoma turricula, Pleurotoma marginata, Pleurotoma porrecta, Pleurotoma multinoda, Pleurotoma catenata, Pleurotoma ktolemandoensis, Pleurotoma harpula, Pleurotoma mississippiensis, Pleurotoma haydeni, Pleurotoma (Tripia), Pleurotoma dentata, Pleurotoma nodulosa, Pleurotoma cristata, Pleurotoma angermanni, Pleurotoma turrella, Pleurotoma clavicularis, Pleurotoma curvicosta, Pleurotoma decliva, Pleurotoma decussata, Pleurotoma (Pleurotoma), Pleurotoma pannus, Pleurotoma scaliae, Pleurotoma harrisi, Pleurotoma sulcata, Pleurotoma morreni, Pleurotoma gracilicostata, Pleurotoma domenginei, Pleurotoma filosa, Pleurotoma faxensis, Pleurotoma ickei, Pleurotoma bavarica, Pleurotoma chehalisensis, Pleurotoma cochlearis, Pleurotoma catenata, Pleurotoma lineolata, Pleurotoma denticulata, Pleurotoma furcata, Pleurotoma speciosa, Pleurotoma turris, Pleurotoma herklotsi, Pleurotoma guppyana, Pleurotoma senilis, Pleurotoma transmontana, Pleurotoma inflexa, Pleurotoma inaudita, Pleurotoma undata, Pleurotoma newsomi, Pleurotoma abundans, Pleurotoma guibersoni, Pleurotoma hilgardi, Pleurotoma glabrata, Pleurotoma intorta, Pleurotoma zapoteca, Pleurotoma congesta, Pleurotoma schaeferi, Pleurotoma curtistoma, Pleurotoma butonensis, Turris (Pleurotoma) perissolaxoides, Pleurotoma transversaria, Pleurotoma eborides, Pleurotoma ocoyana, Pleurotoma sanctaecrucis, Pleurotoma rotaedens, Pleurotoma coronifer, Turris (Pleurotoma) nomlandi, Pleurotoma veracruzana, Pleurotoma monterosatoi, Pleurotoma striarella, Pleurotoma dalli, Pleurotoma porcelana, Pleurotoma gemmata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Courtagnon (Lamarck collection), which is in a Lutetian carbonate sandstone in France
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pleurotoma heptagona in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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