Sigmesalia stylacris Tate 1893 (turret shell)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae

Alternative combination: Mesalia stylacris

Full reference: R. Tate. 1893. The gastropods of the Older Tertiary of Australia (Part 4). Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 17:316-345

Belongs to Sigmesalia according to T. A. Darragh 1970

See also Tate 1893

Sister taxa: Mesalia (Sigmesalia) rakhiensis, Mesalia (Sigmesalia) soriensis, Sigmesalia eckiana, Sigmesalia fasciata, Sigmesalia hamiltoni, Sigmesalia incertae, Sigmesalia krachi, Sigmesalia multisulcata, Sigmesalia solida, Sigmesalia sulcata

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Sigmesalia stylacris in the database

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