Mesalia lincolnensis Weaver 1916 (turret shell)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae

Alternative combination: Acrilla (Ferminoscala) lincolnensis

Belongs to Mesalia according to C. W. Merriam 1941

See also Durham 1937 and Durham 1944

Sister taxa: Mesalia (Mesalia), Mesalia akinkugbei, Mesalia akinolae, Mesalia alabamiensis, Mesalia bassiounii, Mesalia brevialis, Mesalia claibornensis, Mesalia clarki, Mesalia concava, Mesalia fallockensis, Mesalia farafrensis, Mesalia ferialae, Mesalia gigantia, Mesalia goshourensis, Mesalia hofana, Mesalia inca, 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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Galvin Station, which is in a Chattian offshore sandstone in the Lincoln Creek Formation of Washington

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (1: Washington collection)

• Oligocene of United States (1: Washington)

Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences

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