Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Alternative combinations: Melania vetusta, Sigmesalia vetusta
Synonym: Cerithium striatum Lea 1833
Belongs to Mesalia according to K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann 1966
See also Harris and Palmer 1947 and Kosnik 2002
Sister taxa: Mesalia (Mesalia), Mesalia akinkugbei, Mesalia akinolae, Mesalia alabamiensis, Mesalia bassiounii, Mesalia brevialis, Mesalia claibornensis, Mesalia clarki, Mesalia concava, Mesalia fallockensis, Mesalia ferialae, Mesalia gigantia, Mesalia goshourensis, Mesalia inca, Mesalia lincolnensis, Mesalia martinezensis, Mesalia minuta, Mesalia pagoda, Mesalia paleocenica, Mesalia passi, Mesalia pedinogyra, Mesalia pumila, Mesalia rathbuni, Mesalia reymenti, Mesalia rogersi, Mesalia salvani, Mesalia shatai, Mesalia tricarinata, Mesalia virginiae, Mesalia zitteli
Type specimens:
- Mesalia vetusta: ANSP 15490, a shell
- Cerithium striatum: ANSP 5670, a shell.
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (49: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas collections)
Total: 49 collections each including a single occurrence
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