Palliseria longwelli Kirk 1930 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Macluritidae

Alternative combination: Mitrospira longwelli

Full reference: E. Kirk. 1930. Mitrospira, a new Ordovician gasteropod genus. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 76(22):1-6

Belongs to Palliseria according to B. Runnegar 1981

See also Kirk 1930

Sister taxa: Palliseria acuminata, Palliseria crenulata, Palliseria robusta, Palliseria zhuozishanensis

Type specimen: USNM 80840, a shell

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Outcrops just west of summit on Alamo road south of Sheep Playa ( of Nevada)

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