Palmerella Allmon 1996 (turret shell)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae

Parent taxon: Turritellidae according to M. D. Perrilliat et al. 2006

See also Allmon 1996 and Warren 2005

Sister taxa: Actaeonema, Caucasella, Colpospirella, Cristispira, Eligmostoma, Haustator, Incatella, Kapalmerella, Mariacolpus, Nairiella, Omalaxinae, Orectospirinae, Pareorinae, Protominae, Springvaleia, Torcula, Torquesiella, Trobus, Turriola, Turritellinae, Turritellopsinae, Turritellopsis, Vermiculariinae

Subtaxa: Palmerella kutchensis

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Type: Turritella mortoni

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of India (1 collection), Mexico (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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