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Mesalia alabamiensis

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Potamides alabamiensis was named by De Gregorio (1890) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Eocene; Alabama.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Turritella alabamiensis by Stenzel and Turner (1940); it was recombined as Mesalia alabamiensis by Harris (1896) and Perrilliat et al. (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Potamides alabamiensis De Gregorio p. 124
1896Mesalia alabamiensis Harris p. 227 figs. pl. 12, fig. 1
1940Turritella alabamiensis Stenzel and Turner p. 842
2006Mesalia alabamiensis Perrilliat et al. p. 157

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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
speciesalabamiensis(De Gregorio 1890)

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 alabamiensis De Gregorio 1890
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height115.0----
entire specimen height339.337.541.738.92.15

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 Early/Lower Paleocene to the top of the Lutetian or 66.00000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (64 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7USA (Texas) Turritella alabamiensis (86416)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Alabama) Turritella alabamiensis (2809 2810 2812 2814 2815 2819 2821 2823 2848 2849 2859 2862 2863 2864 98410 98424)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) Turritella alabamiensis (205474)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Illinois) Turritella alabamiensis (70129)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Georgia) Turritella alabamiensis (2832)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2USA (Alabama) Turritella alabamiensis, Mesalia alabamiensis (35081)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2USA (Arkansas) Turritella alabamiensis (99175)
Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene66.0 - 58.7USA (Texas) Turritella alabamiensis (86188 86190)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Turritella alabamiensis (2923)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (Alabama) Mesalia alabamiensis (205427) Turritella alabamiensis (2915 2916 2917 2918 2919 84469 84471 86172 86173 86180 86181 86186 86262 98417 98421 205499) Turritella alabamiensis, Mesalia alabamiensis (98422)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Mesalia alabamiensis (80367 90610)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Mesalia alabamiensis (80495 80673 80761 80762 85320 85322 86176 86177 86179 90141 90142 90439 90818 92034 92352 98365 98379 98409)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Mexico (Chiapas) Mesalia alabamiensis (79943)