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Parmesalia

Gastropoda - Vermetidae

Taxonomy

Parmesalia was named by Garvie (2021).

It was assigned to Vermetidae by Garvie (2021).

Species

Pseudomesalia bilineata, Pseudomesalia brevis, Pseudomesalia deserti

Entered

by P. Novack-Gottshall on 2026-05-29; modified by P. Novack-Gottshall on 2026-05-29

Synonyms

Pseudomesalia was named by Douvillé (1916) [Sepkoski's age data: K Apti K Sant Sepkoski's reference number: 747,909]. Its type is Pseudomesalia deserti.

It was considered an invalid subgroup of Vermiculariinae by Bouchet et al. (2005); it was replaced with Parmesalia by Garvie (2021).

It was assigned to Pseudomesaliidae by Mahmoud (1955); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1916	Pseudomesalia Douvillé p. 141
1955	Pseudomesalia Mahmoud p. 130
2002	Pseudomesalia Sepkoski
2021	Parmesalia Garvie

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca

Rank	Name	Author
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamily	Vermetoidea	Rafinesque 1815
family	Vermetidae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Parmesalia

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.

G. †Parmesalia Garvie 2021

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Invalid names: Pseudomesalia Douvillé 1916 [replaced]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available