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Pareorinae

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Pareoridae Finlay and Marwick p. 42
1977Pareorinae Adegoke p. 83
1990Pareoridae Beu et al. p. 406
1994Pareorinae Titova p. 321
1995Pareorinae Pacaud and Le Renard p. 157
1996Pareorinae Allmon p. 11
2004Pareorinae Stilwell et al. pp. 28, 29
2005Pareorinae Bouchet et al. p. 249
2017Pareorinae Bouchet et al. p. 343

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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)
subfamilyPareorinae(Finlay and Marwick 1937)

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.

Subfm. Pareorinae Finlay and Marwick 1937
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G. †Batillona Finlay 1927
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Batillona amara Finlay 1927
G. †Craginia Stephenson 1952
G. Mesalia Gray 1847
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Subg. †Mesalia (Mesalia) Gray 1842
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Mesalia (Mesalia) mauryae Allison 1955
Mesalia akinkugbei Adegoke 1977
Mesalia akinolae Adegoke 1977
Mesalia alabamiensis De Gregorio 1890
Mesalia bassiounii Abbass 1967
Mesalia brevialis Lamarck 1822
Mesalia clarki Dickerson 1914
Mesalia concava Abbass 1967
Mesalia fallockensis Tessier 1952
Mesalia ferialae Abbass 1967
Mesalia gigantia Awad and Abed 1967
Mesalia goshourensis Matsubara and Ugai 2006
Mesalia inca Olsson 1934
Mesalia lincolnensis Weaver 1916
Mesalia martinezensis Gabb 1869
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Invalid names: Turritella maccreadyi Waring 1914 [synonym]
Mesalia minuta Abbass 1967
Mesalia pagoda Cox 1930
Mesalia paleocenica Awad and Abed 1967
Mesalia passi Adegoke 1977
Mesalia pedinogyra Oppenheim 1906
Mesalia pumila Gabb 1860
Mesalia rathbuni Maury 1934
Mesalia reymenti Adegoke 1977
Mesalia rogersi Adegoke 1977
Mesalia salvani Adegoke 1977
Mesalia shatai Abbass 1967
Mesalia tricarinata Abbass 1967
Mesalia vetusta Conrad 1833
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Invalid names: Cerithium striatum Lea 1833 [synonym]
Mesalia virginiae Stilwell et al. 2004
Mesalia zitteli Awad and Abed 1967
Invalid names: Stigmesalia Finlay and Marwick 1937 [synonym]
G. †Motyris Eames 1952
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Motyris aralica Michailovski 1912
Motyris pseudoaralica Eames 1952
Invalid names: Tomyris Michailovski 1912 [replaced]
G. Neodiastoma Cotton 1932
G. †Pareora Marwick 1931
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Pareora incincta Marwick 1931
Pareora pinguis Laws 1941
Pareora striolata Hutton 1885
Pareora sublaevis Maxwell 1966
G. †Sigmesalia Finlay and Marwick 1937
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Sigmesalia eckiana de Laubriere 1881
Sigmesalia fasciata Lamarck 1804
Sigmesalia hamiltoni Deshayes 1861
Sigmesalia incertae Deshayes 1832
Sigmesalia krachi Traub 1979
Sigmesalia multisulcata Lamarck 1804
Sigmesalia solida Deshayes 1861
Sigmesalia stylacris Tate 1893
Sigmesalia sulcata Lamarck 1804
G. †Tachyrhynchella Titova 1994
G. †Woodsalia Olsson 1929
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Woodsalia allisoni Etayo-Serna 1979
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Hettangian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 201.30000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 196.5 Ma

Collections (474 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Italy Mesalia zinkeni (29035 29049)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Spain (Castellon) Mesalia collombi (3726)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Mexico Craginia floresi (69900 69906)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0United Kingdom (England) Mesalia neocomiensis (1747 1851)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Mexico (Baja California) Mesalia mauryae (1890)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Madagascar Mesalia ervyna (98244)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0United Kingdom (England) Mesalia tecta (1783)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0France Mesalia tecta (58379)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Madagascar (Mahajanga) Mesalia tecta (86503)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian109.0 - 99.6Madagascar (Mahajanga) Mesalia ervyna, Mesalia tecta (86506)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Iran Mesalia sp. (185714 185717 185766)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Mesalia multilineata (94265)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) Craginia turriformis (4640 4655 6519 6618) Craginia turriformis, Mesalia shumardi (4657) Mesalia shumardi (4641)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Arizona) Craginia turriformis (53488 53489 53492)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Gabon Mesalia inca (209488 209495) Turritella sp. (209531)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Brazil (Sergipe) Mesalia sp. (143743)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Egypt Mesalia sphyngis (114825)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Antarctica (Seymour Island) Mesalia sp. (63518)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Egypt (Nile Valley) Mesalia jovisammonis (3593)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Egypt (Western Desert) Mesalia jovisammonis (3144)