Mesalia clarki Dickerson 1914 (turret shell)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae

Alternative combination: Turritella clarki

Full reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1914. Fauna of the Martinez Eocene of California. Bulletin of the Department of Geology, University of California 6:61-180

Belongs to Mesalia according to R. L. Squires and L. R. Saul 2007

See also Merriam 1941

Sister taxa: Mesalia (Mesalia), Mesalia akinkugbei, Mesalia akinolae, Mesalia alabamiensis, Mesalia bassiounii, Mesalia brevialis, Mesalia claibornensis, 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 vetusta, Mesalia virginiae, Mesalia zitteli

Type specimen: UCMP 11936, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP 1540, Stewartville, which is in a Selandian marine sandstone in California.

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Paleocene of United States (2: California collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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