Pleurotoma mississippiensis Conrad 1848 (turrid)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

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

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

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: found only at Vicksburg

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