Palmerella (gastropod)

Palmerella is a genus of prehistoric sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turritellidae.

Palmerella
Temporal range: Eocene
Holotype of Palmerella kutchensis. Scale bar is 10 mm.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Turritellidae
Genus:
† Palmerella

Allmon, 1996[1]

Species
Palmerella ranikoti. Scale bar is 10 mm.

Species within the genus Palmerella include:

  • † Palmerella kutchensis Halder & Sinha, 2014 - from lower Middle Eocene of India[2]
  • † Palmerella mortoni (Conrad, 1830) - synonym: Turritella mortoni Conrad, 1830 - type species of the genus Palmerella[2]
  • † Palmerella ranikoti (Vredenburg, 1928)[2]

References
  1. Allmon (1996). Palaeontogr Am 59, December 20: 45.
  2. Halder, K., & Sinha, P. (2014). "Some Eocene Cerithioids (Gastropoda, Mollusca) from Kutch, Western India, and Their Bearing on Palaeobiogeography of the Indian Subcontinent". Paleontology Journal, 2014, Article ID 673469, doi:10.1155/2014/673469.


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