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Sigmesalia fasciata

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Turritella fasciata was named by Lamarck (1804) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; western Atlantic.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Mesalia fasciata by Cossmann and Pissarro (1910), Douvillé (1920) and Cox (1930); it was recombined as Mesalia (Sigmesalia) fasciata by Eames (1952); it was recombined as Sigmesalia fasciata by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. chaussyensis, S. melanoides, S. palmerae, S. wateleti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1804Turritella fasciata Lamarck p. 217 figs. Pl 17, fig 2
1910Mesalia fasciata Cossmann and Pissarro figs. pl. 21, fig. 126-129
1920Mesalia fasciata Douvillé p. 153 figs. Pl 3, fig 3
1930Mesalia fasciata Cox pp. 157-158 figs. 18: 1-5
1952Mesalia (Sigmesalia) fasciata Eames p. 32
1995Sigmesalia fasciata Pacaud and Le Renard

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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
speciesfasciata()

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.

†Sigmesalia fasciata Lamarck 1804
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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: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Middle Eocene or 58.70000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (110 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Pakistan (North-West Frontier) Mesalia fasciata (52132)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Poland Mesalia fasciata (27019)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Niger Mesalia fasciata (83985)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Pakistan Mesalia fasciata (77287)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Pakistan Mesalia fasciata (183817 183818 183825 183826 183845 183855 183856 183857 183870 183871 183872 183873 183874 183875 183876 183877 183882 183884 183885 183886)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Spain Sigmesalia 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)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene55.8 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Sigmesalia fasciata (3257 3258)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France Sigmesalia fasciata (171526) Turritella fasciata (184110)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Sigmesalia fasciata (8124)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Pakistan Mesalia fasciata (183846 183864 183865 183878 183879 183880 183881)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Picardie) Sigmesalia fasciata (178083)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Île-de-France) Sigmesalia fasciata (178124)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Bosnia and Herzegovina Mesalia fasciata (179744 179747)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Oise) Mesalia fasciata (3494)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Pakistan Mesalia fasciata (183883)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Picardie) Sigmesalia fasciata (178082)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France Sigmesalia fasciata (78567)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Egypt Mesalia fasciata (79700)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Italy Sigmesalia fasciata (78565)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Romania Mesalia fasciata (101967 102026 102045 102171)