Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Caenogastropoda incertae sedis > Superfamily Cerithioidea > Family Turritellidae > Subfamily Pareorinae > Genus Mesalia

Mesalia brevialis (Lamarck, 1822)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mesalia*	Gray, 1847	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Turritella brevialis*	Lamarck, 1822	synonym

Literature

basis of record	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.
additional source	Reeve, L. A. (1849). Monograph of the genus Turritella. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 5, pl. 1-11 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-8: May, 1849; 9-11: June 1849].

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mesalia brevialis (Lamarck, 1822). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141870