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†Mesalia zitteli Awad and Abed 1967 (turret shell)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae

Belongs to Mesalia according to H. L. Abbass 1967

Sister taxa: Mesalia (Mesalia), Mesalia akinkugbei, Mesalia akinolae, Mesalia alabamiensis, Mesalia bassiounii, Mesalia brevialis, Mesalia claibornensis, Mesalia clarki, Mesalia concava, Mesalia fallockensis, Mesalia farafrensis, 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

Type specimen: G, 329, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Egypt 3 (Tineida) (Paleocene of Egypt)

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