Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Belongs to Mesalia according to H. L. Abbass 1967
Sister taxa: Mesalia (Mesalia), Mesalia akinkugbei, Mesalia akinolae, Mesalia alabamiensis, Mesalia bassiounii, Mesalia brevialis, Mesalia claibornensis, Mesalia clarki, Mesalia concava, Mesalia fallockensis, Mesalia ferialae, Mesalia gigantia, Mesalia goshourensis, Mesalia inca, Mesalia lincolnensis, Mesalia martinezensis, Mesalia minuta, Mesalia pagoda, Mesalia passi, Mesalia pedinogyra, Mesalia pumila, Mesalia rathbuni, Mesalia reymenti, Mesalia rogersi, Mesalia salvani, Mesalia shatai, Mesalia tricarinata, Mesalia vetusta, Mesalia virginiae, Mesalia zitteli
Type specimen: G, 328, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Egypt 3 (Tineida) (Paleocene of Egypt)
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