Pleurotoma cristata Conrad 1848 (turrid)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

Alternative combination: Cochlespira cristata

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

See also Woodring 1970

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

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:

• Oligocene of United States (14: Mississippi collections)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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