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

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesalia, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3244684	https://www.gbif.org/species/3244684
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	10117	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=10117

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Turritellidae : Mesalia

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Sorbeoconcha : Turritellidae : Mesalia

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
order	Sorbeoconcha	Ponder and Lindberg 1997
superfamily	Cerithioidea	(Férussac 1819)
family	Turritellidae	Lovén 1847
subfamily	Pareorinae
genus	Mesalia	Gray 1847

Scientific Name

Mesalia Gray, 1847

Name Published In

Gray J.E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 15: 129-219.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Mesalia	subgenus	belongs to Turritella	stated without evidence	Wood, 1879
Mesalia	genus	belongs to Turritellidae	stated without evidence	Stenzel and Turner, 1940
Mesalia	genus	belongs to Pareorinae	stated without evidence	Titova, 1994
Mesalia	genus	belongs to Pareorinae	stated with evidence	Allmon, 1996
Mesalia	genus	belongs to Neotaenioglossa	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Mesalia	genus	belongs to Pareorinae	stated with evidence	Stilwell et al., 2004
Mesalia	genus	belongs to Turritellidae	stated with evidence	Perrilliat et al., 2006
Mesalia	genus	belongs to Pareorinae	stated with evidence	Squires and Saul, 2007

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (8.7%)

First Recorded Appearance

133 - 129 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Motility

facultatively mobile

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

suspension feeder

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesalia

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Melania vetusta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		41	56.0 Ma Paleocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Mesalia acirsoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mesalia akinkugbei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mesalia akinolae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mesalia alabamiensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		63	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	47.8 Ma Eocene
Mesalia astrei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mesalia barthouxi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mesalia bassiounii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	41.3 Ma Eocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Mesalia biplicata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mesalia boulei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mesalia brasili species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mesalia brevialis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	0.78 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Mesalia cabrierensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mesalia cailliaudi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mesalia caribaea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mesalia claibornensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		33	48.6 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Mesalia clarki ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	61.6 Ma Paleocene	59.2 Ma Paleocene
Mesalia concava ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	41.3 Ma Eocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Mesalia decussata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mesalia dialytospira species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mesalia fallockensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mesalia ferialae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Mesalia foucheri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mesalia fourtaui species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mesalia georgiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mesalia gigantia ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Mesalia gomin species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mesalia goshourensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	48.6 Ma Eocene	48.6 Ma Eocene
Mesalia hebe species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mesalia intermedia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mesalia karounensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mesalia lincolnensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	28.1 Ma Oligocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Mesalia locardi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mesalia martinezensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		17	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	37.2 Ma Eocene
Mesalia mauryae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mesalia mavericki species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mesalia mesal species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mesalia minuta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Mesalia nettoana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mesalia obsuta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mesalia opalina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mesalia pagoda species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	61.6 Ma Paleocene	61.6 Ma Paleocene
Mesalia paleocenica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Mesalia passi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mesalia pedinogyra ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	48.6 Ma Eocene	48.6 Ma Eocene
Mesalia pleboides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mesalia pumila ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		8	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	59.2 Ma Paleocene
Mesalia rathbuni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Mesalia reymenti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mesalia rogersi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mesalia salvani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mesalia sayi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mesalia shatai ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	41.3 Ma Eocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Mesalia shumardi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mesalia tenuisculpta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mesalia tricarinata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	41.3 Ma Eocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Mesalia vermetina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mesalia virginiae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Mesalia zinkeni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mesalia zitteli ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Potamides alabamiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Turritella pumila species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Stigmesalia Finlay & Marwick, 1937	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Turritellidae : *Stigmesalia*
Messalia Fischer & Wenz, 1918	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Turritellidae : *Messalia*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1847	Mesalia Gray
1879	Turritella (Mesalia) Wood p. 26
1937	Stigmesalia Finlay and Marwick
1940	Mesalia Stenzel and Turner p. 842
1966	Mesalia Palmer and Brann p. 762
1967	Mesalia Abbass p. 26

Year	Name and Author
1994	Mesalia Titova p. 321
1996	Mesalia Allmon p. 11
2002	Mesalia Sepkoski, Jr.
2004	Mesalia Stilwell et al. p. 29
2006	Mesalia Perrilliat et al. p. 157
2007	Mesalia Squires and Saul pp. 6 - 7

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Wood S. V. , Monograph of the Crag Mollusca with descriptions of shells from the upper tertiaries of the east of England 4, 1-58

Stenzel H. B., Turner F. E. (1940) Turritellidae from the Paleocene and Eocene of the Gulf Coast, University of Texs Publication 3945, 795-846

Palmer K. V., Brann D. C. (1966) Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene Mollusks of the Southern and Eastern United States Part II. Gastropoda, Bulletins of American Paleontology 48, 471-1057

Abbass H. L. (1967) A monograph on the Egyptian Paleocene and Eocene gastropods, United Arab Republic, Geological Survey-Geological Museum, Palaeontological Series, Monograph 4, 1-154

Titova L. V. (1994) Cenozoic history of Turritelloidea and Buccinoidea (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the North Pacific, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 108, 319-334

Allmon W. D. (1996) Systematics and Evolution of Cenozoic American Turitellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) I, Paleontographica Americana 59

Stilwell J. D., Zinsmeister W. J., et al (2004) Early Paleocene Mollusks of Antarctica: Systematics, Paleoecology and Paleobiogeographic Significance, Bulletins of American Paleontology 367

Perrilliat M. D., Avendano J., et al (2006) Lower Eocene Gastropods from El Bosque Formation, Central Chiapas, Mexico, The Veliger 48 3, 151-169

Squires R. L., Saul L. R. (2007) Paleocene pareorine turritellid gastropods from the Pacific slope of North America, The Nautilus 121 1, 1-16

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Bouchet et al., 2001 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Syn. Cont. Brit. Mus., ed. 42 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Marche-Marchad I. (1981). Notes sur des representants du genre Mesalia Gray, 1847 (Gastropoda, Turritellidae) trouvés dans la Méditerranée. Bollettino Malacologico 17 (3-4): 41-48 - via World Register of Marine Species

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213. - via World Register of Marine Species

Marche-Marchad I. (1960). Les Turritellidae de l'Afrique Occidentale (Gastropodes Prosobranches marins). Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire sér A, 22(3): 855-884, 3 pl. - via World Register of Marine Species

Gray J.E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 15: 129-219. - via World Register of Marine Species

Squires, R. L. & Saul, L. R. (2007). Paleocene pareorine turritellid gastropods from the Pacific slope of North America. The Nautilus. 121(1):1-16. - via World Register of Marine Species

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