Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order [unassigned] Caenogastropoda > Superfamily Cerithioidea > Family Turritellidae > Genus Mesalia

Mesalia mesal (Deshayes, 1843)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mesalia*	Gray, 1847	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Turritella mesal*	Deshayes, 1843	basionym
*Mesalia varia*	(Kiener, 1843)	synonym
*Mesalia varia var. imbricata*	Pallary, 1902	synonym
*Mesalia varia var. plicata*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Turritella mesal*	Deshayes, 1843	synonym
*Turritella varia*	Kiener, 1843	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Marche-Marchad I. (1960). Les Turritellidae de l'Afrique Occidentale (Gastropodes Prosobranches marins). Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire sér A, 22(3): 855-884, 3 pl.
misapplication	Reeve L.A. (1849) Monograph of the genera Turritella, Mesalia, Eglisia. In: Conchologia Iconica, vol. 5, L. Reeve & Co., London.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Vos, C. (2014). Mesalia mesal (Deshayes, 1843). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:437240