Mesalia bassiounii Abbass 1967 (turret shell)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae

Full reference: H. L. Abbass. 1967. A monograph on the Egyptian Paleocene and Eocene gastropods. United Arab Republic, Geological Survey-Geological Museum, Palaeontological Series, Monograph (4)1-154

Belongs to Mesalia according to H. L. Abbass 1967

Sister taxa: Mesalia (Mesalia), Mesalia akinkugbei, Mesalia akinolae, Mesalia alabamiensis, Mesalia brevialis, Mesalia claibornensis, Mesalia clarki, Mesalia concava, Mesalia fallockensis, Mesalia ferialae, Mesalia gigantia, Mesalia goshourensis, Mesalia hofana, Mesalia inca, Mesalia lincolnensis, Mesalia locardi, 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: G405, a shell.

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Egypt 10 (Fayium) (Eocene of Egypt)

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