Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Alternative combination: Turritella pumila
Belongs to Mesalia according to C. J. Maury 1912
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 rathbuni, Mesalia reymenti, Mesalia rogersi, Mesalia salvani, Mesalia shatai, Mesalia tricarinata, Mesalia vetusta, Mesalia virginiae, Mesalia zitteli
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (7: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Tennessee collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.