Kapalmerella alveata Conrad 1854 (turret shell)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae

Alternative combinations: Palmerella alveata, Turritella alveata

Belongs to Kapalmerella according to W. D. Warren 2005

See also Allmon 1996, Conrad 1856, Harris and Palmer 1947 and Kosnik 2002

Sister taxa: Kapalmerella arenicola, Kapalmerella dumblei, Kapalmerella mortoni, Kapalmerella pleboides, Kapalmerella ranikoti

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (44: Louisiana, Mississippi collections)

Total: 44 collections each including a single occurrence

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