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 mesal (Deshayes, 1843)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Turritella Lamarck, 1799

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

MesaliaGray, 1847accepted genus name

Species group names

Mesalia varia (Kiener, 1843) synonym
Mesalia varia var. imbricata Pallary, 1900 synonym
Mesalia varia var. plicata Pallary, 1900 synonym
Turritella varia Kiener, 1843 synonym

Literature

basis of record

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.

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].

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mesalia mesal (Deshayes, 1843). 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:437240

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

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Last modified

2009-12-05 by Chris Vos

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