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Mesalia reymenti

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Mesalia reymenti was named by Adegoke (1977). Its type specimen is UIMG 219 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ewekoro Quarry, which is in a Selandian open shallow subtidal packstone in the Ewekoro Formation of Nigeria.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. intermedia, M. marginata, M. multilineata, M. rathburni, M. shumardi, M. sphyngis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Mesalia reymenti Adegoke p. 88 figs. Plate 14, Figs. 13, 19, 20, 22

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyTurritellidaeLovén 1847
subfamilyPareorinae(Finlay and Marwick 1937)
genusMesaliaGray 1847
speciesreymenti

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Mesalia reymenti Adegoke 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available