Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Synonym: Pseudomesalia Douvillé 1916 [replaced name]
Full reference: C. L. Garvie. 2021. The macrofauna of the Tehuacana Limestone Member (Danian, Kincaid Formation) of Central Texas, with the description of a few new taxa from the Pisgah Member. Bulletins of American Paleontology 399-400:1-292
Parent taxon: Vermetidae according to C. L. Garvie 2021
See also Bouchet et al. 2005 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Burtinella, Dendropoma, Dendropomatinae, Elliptovermetus, Lementina, Lemintina, Macrophragma, Serpulorbis, Vermetinae, Vermetus
Subtaxa: Pseudomesalia bilineata Pseudomesalia brevis Pseudomesalia deserti
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (1: Texas collection)
• Cretaceous of Egypt (6)
Total: 7 collections including 14 occurrences
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