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Sigmesalia incertae

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Turritella incerta was named by Deshayes (1832) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; western Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Mesalia incerta by Cossmann and Pissarro (1910); it was recombined as Sigmesalia incertae by Tracey et al (1995); it was recombined as Sigmesalia incerta by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Turritella incerta Deshayes p. 284 figs. pl. 37, figs. 11-12
1910Mesalia incerta Cossmann and Pissarro figs. pl. 21, fig. 126
1995Sigmesalia incerta Pacaud and Le Renard
1995Sigmesalia incertae Tracey et al.

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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)
genusSigmesaliaFinlay and Marwick 1937
speciesincertae(Deshayes 1832)

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.

Sigmesalia incertae Deshayes 1832
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:15:58
Modified: 2018-02-27 07:57:42
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Bartonian or 47.80000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Sigmesalia incerta (8124) Sigmesalia incertae (8125)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Île-de-France) Sigmesalia incerta (179130)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Oise) Mesalia incerta (3494)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France Sigmesalia incerta (78567)