Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Alternative combinations: Palmerella mortoni, Turritella mortoni
Belongs to Kapalmerella according to W. D. Warren 2005
See also Allmon 1996, Clark 1895, Maury 1912 and Perrilliat et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Kapalmerella alveata, Kapalmerella arenicola, Kapalmerella dumblei, Kapalmerella pleboides, Kapalmerella ranikoti
Subtaxa: Palmerella mortoni mexicana
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Mexico (1 collection), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (2: Louisiana)
• Paleocene of India (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (69: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia)
Total: 75 collections each including a single occurrence
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