†Mesalia (Mesalia) mauryae Allison 1955 (turret shell)
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Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Full reference: E. C. Allison. 1955. Middle Cretaceous gastropoda from Punta China, Baja California, Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 29(3):400-432
Belongs to Mesalia (Mesalia) according to E. C. Allison 1955
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UCMP 33454, a partial shell. Its type locality is Alisitos Fm. (UCB A-8331), which is in an Aptian shallow subtidal siltstone in the Alisitos Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Alisitos Fm. (UCB A-8331)
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