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Mesalia vetusta

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Melania vetusta was named by Conrad (1833) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Eocene; Gulf Coastal Plain. COMMENTS: m. kosnik taxon no: 6741 (incorrectly originally assigned to Mesalia); type specimen based on lectotype.]. Its type specimen is ANSP 15490, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Sigmesalia vetusta by Glibert (1962); it was recombined as Mesalia vetusta by Harris and Palmer (1947), Palmer and Brann (1966) and Kosnik (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
  • Cerithium striatum was named by Lea (1833) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Eocene; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. Its type specimen is ANSP 5670, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Mesalia vetusta by Palmer and Brann (1966).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Cerithium striatum Lea p. 131 figs. pl. 4, fig. 122
1947Mesalia vetusta Harris and Palmer p. 297
1962Sigmesalia vetusta Glibert p. 81
1966Mesalia vetusta Palmer and Brann p. 762
2002Mesalia vetusta Kosnik

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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
speciesvetusta(Conrad 1833)

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 vetusta Conrad 1833
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Invalid names: Cerithium striatum Lea 1833 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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