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Sigmesalia

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Sigmesalia was named by Finlay and Marwick (1937) [Sepkoski's age data: K u T Mi Sepkoski's reference number: 614].

It was reranked as Mesalia (Sigmesalia) by Eames (1952).

It was assigned to Mesalia by Eames (1952); to Pareorinae by Allmon (1996); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Sigmesalia Finlay and Marwick
1952Mesalia (Sigmesalia) Eames p. 31
1996Sigmesalia Allmon p. 11
2002Sigmesalia Sepkoski

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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

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.

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
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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Middle Eocene or 66.00000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (134 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Maryland) S. palmerae (83135)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Belgium S. marthae, S. instabilis (22931)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Austria (Salzburg) S. krachi (84335)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Pakistan Mesalia rakhiensis (183887)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Pakistan (North-West Frontier) Mesalia fasciata (52132)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0France S. consobrina (178086)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Niger Mesalia fasciata (83985)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Poland Mesalia fasciata (27019)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Pakistan Mesalia fasciata (77287)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France S. duvali (94693)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Pakistan Mesalia fasciata (183818 183825 183826 183845 183855 183856 183857 183870 183871 183872 183873 183874 183875 183876 183877 183882 183884 183885 183886) Mesalia fasciata, Mesalia soriensis (183817)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Spain S. fasciata (75320 75321 75322 75323 75324 75325 75326 75327 75328 75330 75331 75332 75335 75336 75337 75338 75339 75340 75341 75343 75344 75346 75350 75351 75352 75353 75355 75357 75365 75370 75371 75372 75373 75377 75381 75382 75383 75384 75385 75386 75387 75388 75389 75390 75391 75392 75396 75400 75401 75402 75403 75406 75409 75410 75411 75412 75413 75414 75415 75416)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium S. chaussyensis (77608)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene55.8 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) S. fasciata (3258) S. multisulcata, S. fasciata (3257)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Spain S. sp. (165187)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Eure-et-Loir) S. multisulcata (178055)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Picardie) S. braehyteles, S. multisulcata, S. fasciata (178083)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Belgium S. chaussyensis (77611)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Mesalia sulcata (8047) S. melanoides, S. wateleti, S. variabilis, S. chaussyensis, S. favrei, S. multisulcata, S. incerta, S. fasciata (8124) S. wateleti, S. favrei, S. incertae (8125)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Île-de-France) S. multisulcata, S. fasciata (178124)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Pakistan Mesalia fasciata (183846 183864 183865 183878 183879 183880 183881)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France S. braehyteles, S. chaussyensis, S. consobrina, S. intermedia, S. melanoides, S. regularis, S. multisulcata, S. fasciata, S. sulcata (171526) Turritella multisulcata, Turritella fasciata, Turritella sulcata (184110) Turritella multisulcata, Turritella sulcata (184107)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Yvelines) Sigmesalia indet. 1, S. multisulcata (177970 177972) S. multisulcata (177971 177973 177974 177975)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Bosnia and Herzegovina Mesalia fasciata (179744 179747)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France Mesalia solida (3721) S. chaussyensis, S. incerta, S. fasciata, S. solida (78567)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Picardie) S. fasciata (178082)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Poland Mesalia sulcata (49751)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Oise) Mesalia fasciata, Mesalia incerta, Mesalia sulcata (3494)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain S. sp. (141924 142111)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Île-de-France) S. variabilis, S. incerta (179130)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Pakistan Mesalia fasciata (183883)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Egypt Mesalia fasciata (79700)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Italy S. fasciata (78565)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Romania Mesalia fasciata (101967 102026 102045 102171)