Turris ahmedi Abbass 1967 (turrid)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

Full reference: H. L. Abbass. 1967. A monograph on the Egyptian Paleocene and Eocene gastropods. United Arab Republic, Geological Survey-Geological Museum, Palaeontological Series, Monograph (4)1-154

Belongs to Turris according to H. L. Abbass 1967

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

Type specimen: G383, a shell.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Egypt 6 (Tura) (Eocene of Egypt)

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