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Mesalia martinezensis

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Turritella martinezensis was named by Gabb (1869) [DISTRIBUTION: Paleocenel California.]. Its type specimen is ANSP 4344, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Mesalia martinezensis by Stewart (1927), Merriam (1941) and Squires and Saul (2007).

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Turritella martinezensis Gabb p. 169 figs. pl. 28, fig. 51
1914Turritella maccreadyi Waring p. 783
1917Turritella maccreadyi Waring p. 87 figs. Pl. 12, Fig. 10
1917Turritella martinezensis Waring p. 100 figs. Pl. 14, Fig. 5
1927Mesalia martinezensis Stewart p. 353 figs. Plate XXV, fig. 1
1941Mesalia martinezensis Merriam p. 127 figs. Plate 39, figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7
2007Mesalia martinezensis Squires and Saul p. 8 figs. 16-23

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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
speciesmartinezensis()

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 martinezensis Gabb 1869
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Invalid names: Turritella maccreadyi Waring 1914 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. A. Waring 1914 (Turritella maccreadyi)Shell robust, apical angle broad; whorls eleven, rounded, with six or seven strong, nearly equally spaced, spiral ribs. The first five or six whorls are angulated like T. martinezensis Gb.' Surface below body whorl also ornamented by spiral lines, and whole surface marked by lines of growth. Aper- ture broad, outer lip slightly sinuous; inner lip sinuous, flattened, and twisted. Leland Stanford Junior University Paleontological Collection. Named in honor of Mr. George McCready of Guanoco, Venezuela.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: semi-infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-18 09:55:46
Modified: 2018-03-04 20:09:05
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Paleocene to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 61.70000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (California) Turritella maccreadyi (193035)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (California ) Mesalia martinezensis (184015)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2USA (California) Mesalia martinezensis (184018)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Mexico (Baja California Sur) Turritella martinezensis (43762)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (California) Mesalia martinezensis (185136 185137)
Middle Paleocene61.7 - 58.7USA (California) Mesalia martinezensis (192844)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (California) Mesalia martinezensis (185135 185138 205398 215686)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Mexico (Baja California) Mesalia martinezensis (221985)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Mexico (Baja) Mesalia martinezensis (176456)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (California ) Mesalia martinezensis (184014)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (California) Mesalia martinezensis (184012 184017 185139) Turritella martinezensis (193038 205393)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (California) Turritella martinezensis (211017 211019)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (California) Turritella martinezensis (193037 193039)