Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Belongs to Mesalia according to Tessier 1952
Sister taxa: Mesalia (Mesalia), Mesalia akinkugbei, Mesalia akinolae, Mesalia alabamiensis, Mesalia bassiounii, Mesalia brevialis, Mesalia claibornensis, Mesalia clarki, Mesalia concava, 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, Mesalia zitteli
Subtaxa: Mesalia fallockensis ewekoroensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Ewekoro Quarry (Paleocene of Nigeria)
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