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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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:15:58
Modified: 2018-02-27 07:57:42
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Paleocene to the top of the Priabonian or 66.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (75 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7USA (Texas) Turritella mortoni (86456)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (South Carolina) Turritella mortoni (91763 91766)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Alabama) Turritella mortoni (98410)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) Turritella mortoni (91819 98994 109521)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Arkansas) Turritella mortoni (91870 91871 91872 91874)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Georgia) Turritella mortoni (2825 92262 92264)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2USA (Alabama) Turritella mortoni (35081)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2USA (Texas) Turritella mortoni (98828)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0India (Gujarat) Turritella mortoni (171803)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (Texas) Turritella mortoni (178129)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (Alabama) Turritella mortoni (205472)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Turritella mortoni (80367 80384 80386 80387)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Turritella mortoni (80421 80495 80621 80670 80671 80672 80673 80761 80762 80763 85320 85322 86176 86177 86179 90141 90142 90439 92031 92034)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Virginia) Turritella mortoni (91126 91864 91865 91866)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (New Jersey) Turritella mortoni (3113)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Texas) Turritella mortoni (92239 205455)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Maryland) Turritella mortoni (99282)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Louisiana) Turritella mortoni (98910 99719 99723 99725 101126 101129)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Trinidad and Tobago Turritella mortoni (80170)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (South Carolina) Turritella mortoni (92482)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Maryland) Turritella mortoni (91554 91708 91711 91712 91717 91722 91883)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Virginia) Turritella mortoni (35062 60946 60948 60949 84048)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Louisiana) Turritella mortoni (101125 105208)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Mexico (Chiapas) Palmerella mortoni (79943)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Trinidad and Tobago Turritella mortoni (80172)