Punctaconchus palmeri Vinn and Taylor 2007

Tentaculita - Microconchida - Punctaconchidae

Belongs to Punctaconchus according to M. Zatoń and E. Olempska 2017

See also Vinn and Taylor 2007

Sister taxa: Punctaconchus ampliporus, Punctaconchus midfordensis

Type specimen: NHM AN759(1), a shell. Its type locality is St. Aubin, St. Aubin-sur-Mer, which is in a Bathonian open shallow subtidal claystone/marl in the Caillasses de la Basse Ecarde Formation of France.

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at St. Aubin, St. Aubin-sur-Mer

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