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Vetidrillia palmerae MacNeill, 1984 †
1823644 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1823644)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
MacNeil, F. S.; Dockery III, D. T. (1984). Lower Oligocene Gastropoda, Scaphopoda, and Cephalopoda of the Vicksburg Group in Mississippi. <em>Mississippi Geological, Economic and Topographical Survey, Bulletin.</em> 124: 1-415, 72 pls. [details] Available for editors 
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Type locality contained in Mississippi
, Note Brown's Cave, east bluff of Leaf River,...
type locality contained in Mississippi (origin: native) [details]
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Type locality Brown's Cave, east bluff of Leaf River, one-half mile above the bridge on Bay Springs-Raleigh Road, Smith County [details]
Etymology Named for the American malacologist/paleontologist, Katherine Evangeline Hilton van Winkle Palmer (1895-1982).
Etymology Named for the American malacologist/paleontologist, Katherine Evangeline Hilton van Winkle Palmer (1895-1982). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Vetidrillia palmerae MacNeill, 1984 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php/10.1371/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1823644 on 2025-09-11
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MacNeil, F. S.; Dockery III, D. T. (1984). Lower Oligocene Gastropoda, Scaphopoda, and Cephalopoda of the Vicksburg Group in Mississippi. <em>Mississippi Geological, Economic and Topographical Survey, Bulletin.</em> 124: 1-415, 72 pls. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bertsch, H., Groves, L. T. & Dees, R. (2025). Invertebrate eponyms honoring women members of the Western Society of Malacologists. <em>The Western Society of Malacologists, Occasional Papers.</em> Number 4: 1-270, pls. 1-S263A-L.
page(s): 63, pl. S169 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Bertsch, H., Groves, L. T. & Dees, R. (2025). Invertebrate eponyms honoring women members of the Western Society of Malacologists. <em>The Western Society of Malacologists, Occasional Papers.</em> Number 4: 1-270, pls. 1-S263A-L.
page(s): 63, pl. S169 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology Named for the American malacologist/paleontologist, Katherine Evangeline Hilton van Winkle Palmer (1895-1982). [details]Type locality Brown's Cave, east bluff of Leaf River, one-half mile above the bridge on Bay Springs-Raleigh Road, Smith County [details]
