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Mesalia tricarinata ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	5934406	https://www.gbif.org/species/5934406
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	111453	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=111453

Rank

species

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Turritellidae : Mesalia : Mesalia tricarinata

Taxonomy (PBDB)

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

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
species	Mesalia tricarinata	Abbass 1967

Generic Name

Mesalia

Scientific Name

Mesalia tricarinata Abbass, 1967

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Mesalia tricarinata	species	belongs to Mesalia	stated with evidence	Abbass, 1967

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

41.3 - 38.0 Ma
Eocene

Last Recorded Appearance

41.3 - 38.0 Ma
Eocene

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Mesalia)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Mesalia)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

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

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1967	Mesalia tricarinata Abbass p. 31 figs. pl. 5, figs. 12

References

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

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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