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Kapalmerella mortoni

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Turritella mortoni was named by Conrad (1830) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Paleocene; Maryland, Virginia.]. It is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Palmerella, Kapalmerella.

It was recombined as Kapalmerella mortoni by Warren (2005); it was recombined as Palmerella mortoni by Allmon (1996) and Perrilliat et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Turritella mortoni Conrad
1895Turritella mortoni Clark p. 4
1912Turritella mortoni Maury p. 95
1996Palmerella mortoni Allmon
2005Kapalmerella mortoni Warren p. 1234
2006Palmerella mortoni Perrilliat et al. p. 155

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyTurritellidaeLovén 1847
genusKapalmerella
speciesmortoni(Conrad 1830)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Kapalmerella mortoni Conrad 1830
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Palmerella mortoni mexicana Perrilliat et al. 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available