Sigmesalia eckiana de Laubriere 1881 (turret shell)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae

Alternative combinations: Mesalia ecki, Turritella eckiana

Belongs to Sigmesalia according to J. Le Renard 1986

Sister taxa: Mesalia (Sigmesalia) rakhiensis, Mesalia (Sigmesalia) soriensis, Sigmesalia fasciata, Sigmesalia hamiltoni, Sigmesalia incertae, Sigmesalia krachi, Sigmesalia multisulcata, Sigmesalia solida, Sigmesalia stylacris, Sigmesalia sulcata

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Sigmesalia eckiana in the database

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