Pleurotoma guppyana Maury 1912 (turrid)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

Full reference: C. J. Maury. 1912. A contribution to the paleontology of Trinidad. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 15:1-112

Belongs to Pleurotoma according to C. J. Maury 1912

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

Type specimen: PRI (unknown number), a partial shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bed No. 8, Soldado Rock (Eocene of Trinidad and Tobago)

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