Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Alternative combinations: Palmerella arenicola, Turritella arenicola
Belongs to Kapalmerella according to W. D. Warren 2005
See also Allmon 1996, Harris and Palmer 1947 and Kosnik 2002
Sister taxa: Kapalmerella alveata, Kapalmerella dumblei, Kapalmerella mortoni, Kapalmerella pleboides, Kapalmerella ranikoti
Subtaxa: Turritella arenicola branneri Turritella arenicola danvillensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Indonesia (1 collection)
• Eocene of Mexico (2), United States (46: Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas)
Total: 49 collections each including a single occurrence
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