†Pseudomesalia deserti Douvillé 1916 (worm shell)
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Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Full reference: H. Douvillé. 1916. Les terrains secondaires dans le massif du Moghara à l’Est de l’isthme de Suez. Mémoire de l’Académie des Sciences, Paris 54(2):1-184
Belongs to Pseudomesalia according to H. Douvillé 1916
Sister taxa: Pseudomesalia brevis, Pseudomesalia bilineata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Gebel Manzour (Albian yellow limestone), which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in Egypt
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Egypt (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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