Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Alternative combination: Mesalia koerti
Full reference: P. Oppenheim. 1915. Die eocänen Invertebraten-Fauna des Kalksteins in Togo im Zusammenhange mit anderen Tertiärablagerungen Afrikas vergleichend betrachtet. Beiträge zur Geologischen Erforschung der Deutschen Schutzgebiete 12:1-126
Belongs to Mesalia (Sigmesalia) according to R. Furon 1948
See also Oppenheim 1915
Sister taxa: Mesalia (Sigmesalia) rakhiensis, Mesalia (Sigmesalia) soriensis, Sigmesalia eckiana, Sigmesalia fasciata, Sigmesalia hamiltoni, Sigmesalia incertae, Sigmesalia krachi, Sigmesalia multisulcata, Sigmesalia solida, Sigmesalia stylacris, Sigmesalia sulcata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Adabion, which is in a Thanetian carbonate limestone in Togo
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Togo (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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