Palmerella (gastropod)

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Palmerella
Temporal range: Eocene
Palmerella kutchensis.png
Holotype of Palmerella kutchensis . Scale bar is 10 mm.
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Palmerella

Allmon, 1996 [1]

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

Species

Palmerella ranikoti. Scale bar is 10 mm. Palmerella ranikoti.png
Palmerella ranikoti . Scale bar is 10 mm.

Species within the genus Palmerella include:

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References

  1. Allmon (1996). Palaeontogr Am59, December 20: 45.
  2. 1 2 3 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.