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Mesalia paleocenica

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Mesalia paleocenica was named by Awad and Abed (1967) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Paleocene; Egypt.]. Its type specimen is G, 328, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Mesalia paleocenica Abbass p. 26
1967Mesalia paleocenica Awad and Abed

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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
speciespaleocenicaAwad and Abed 1967

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 paleocenica Awad and Abed 1967
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available