Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Alternative combination: Hemipleurotoma pulchra
Full reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1915. Fauna of the Type Tejon: Its relation to the Cowlitz Phase of the Tejon Group of Washington. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 5(3):33-98
Belongs to Turris according to Dickerson 1915
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 suturalis, Turris worcesteri, Pleurotoma cristata, Pleurotoma guppyana, 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: CAS 338, a shell. Its type locality is UW 1, Cowlitz Formation, which is in a Bartonian marine horizon in the Cowlitz Formation of Washington.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (6: Oregon, Washington collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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