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Mesalia brevialis

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Turritella brevialis was named by Lamarck (1822) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; northern Africa.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Mesalia brevialis by Gray (1847).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Turritella brevialis Lamarck
1847Mesalia brevialis Gray p. 555

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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
speciesbrevialis(Lamarck 1822)

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 brevialis Lamarck 1822
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available