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Sigmesalia solida

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Turritella solida was named by Deshayes (1861) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; western Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Mesalia solida by Cossmann and Pissarro (1904) and Cossmann and Pissarro (1904); it was recombined as Sigmesalia solida by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. chaussyensis, S. melanoides, S. palmerae, S. wateleti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Turritella solida Deshayes
1904Mesalia solida Cossmann and Pissarro
1995Sigmesalia solida Pacaud and Le Renard

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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
speciessolida(Deshayes 1861)

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 solida Deshayes 1861
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available