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Mesalia Gray, 1847

Mesalia mesal (Deshayes, 1843) Specimen from Cabo Pino (-5 m), Málaga, Spain (actual size 20.5 mm).
Mesalia mesal (Deshayes, 1843)
Specimen from Cabo Pino (-5 m), Málaga, Spain (actual size 20.5 mm).

138613  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138613)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Caenogastropoda incertae sedis (Order)
  7. Cerithioidea (Superfamily)
  8. Turritellidae (Family)
  9. Pareorinae (Subfamily)
  10. Mesalia (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Turritella mesal Deshayes, 1843 accepted as Mesalia mesal (Deshayes, 1843) (type by original designation)
Mesalia (Mesaliopsis) Thiele, 1929 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Turritella (Mesalia) Gray, 1847 · unaccepted > superseded combination

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  1. Species Mesalia allentonensis (Aldrich, 1894) †
  2. Species Mesalia bohnhavasae Harzhauser & Landau, 2019 †
  3. Species Mesalia brevialis (Lamarck, 1822)
  4. Species Mesalia clarki (Dickerson, 1914) †
  5. Species Mesalia cochleata (Brocchi, 1814) †
  6. Species Mesalia donnarummae T. Cossignani, 2020
  7. Species Mesalia martinezensis (Gabb, 1869) †
  8. Species Mesalia mesal (Deshayes, 1843)
  9. Species Mesalia mimiae T. Cossignani, 2020
  10. Species Mesalia obruta (Conrad, 1833) †
  11. Species Mesalia opalina (A. Adams & Reeve, 1849)
  12. Species Mesalia sovisi Harzhauser & Landau, 2019 †
  13. Species Mesalia styriaca Harzhauser & Landau, 2019 †
  14. Species Mesalia vetusta (Conrad, 1833) †
  15. Species Mesalia virginiaea Stilwell, Zinsmeister & Oleinik, 2004 †
  16. Subgenus Mesalia (Mesaliopsis) Thiele, 1929 accepted as Mesalia Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    1. Species Mesalia (Mesaliopsis) brevialis (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Mesalia brevialis (Lamarck, 1822) (Alternate representation)
    2. Species Mesalia (Mesaliopsis) opalina (A. Adams & Reeve, 1849) accepted as Mesalia opalina (A. Adams & Reeve, 1849) (Alternate representation)
  17. Species Mesalia acicula (W. Stimpson, 1851) accepted as Turritellopsis stimpsoni Dall, 1919 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  18. Species Mesalia arenicola Conrad, 1865 † accepted as Kapalmerella arenicola (Conrad, 1865) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  19. Species Mesalia chaussyensis Cossmann, 1888 † accepted as Sigmesalia chaussyensis (Cossmann, 1888) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  20. Species Mesalia dameriacensis Cossmann, 1888 † accepted as Sigmesalia dameriacensis (Cossmann, 1888) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  21. Species Mesalia ecki Cossmann, 1888 † accepted as Sigmesalia eckiana (de Laubrière, 1881) † (unaccepted > unjustified emendation)
  22. Species Mesalia exilis G. B. Sowerby III, 1913 accepted as Diastoma melanioides (Reeve, 1849) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  23. Species Mesalia fasciata (Lamarck, 1804) † accepted as Sigmesalia fasciata (Lamarck, 1804) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  24. Species Mesalia flammifera Locard, 1897 accepted as Mesalia opalina (A. Adams & Reeve, 1849) (Synonym)
  25. Species Mesalia freytagi Maltzan, 1884 accepted as Mesalia mesal (Deshayes, 1843) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  26. Species Mesalia intermedia (Deshayes, 1832) † accepted as Sigmesalia intermedia (Deshayes, 1832) †
  27. Species Mesalia lactea (Møller, 1842) accepted as Tachyrhynchus reticulatus (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842) (Recombination of synonym)
  28. Species Mesalia lacteola P. P. Carpenter, 1864 accepted as Tachyrhynchus lacteolus (P. P. Carpenter, 1864) (Subjective synonym)
  29. Species Mesalia marginata Klushnikov, 1958 † accepted as Sigmesalia marginata (Klushnikov, 1958) † (original combination)
  30. Species Mesalia melanioides Reeve, 1849 accepted as Diastoma melanioides (Reeve, 1849) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  31. Species Mesalia melanoides (Lamarck, 1804) † accepted as Sigmesalia melanoides (Lamarck, 1804) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  32. Species Mesalia melanoides [sic] accepted as Diastoma melanioides (Reeve, 1849) (incorrect subsequent spelling)
  33. Species Mesalia ortoni Gabb, 1869 † accepted as Dyris ortoni (Gabb, 1869) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  34. Species Mesalia plicata A. Adams, 1855 accepted as Acirsa subdecussata (Cantraine, 1835)
  35. Species Mesalia pulchella Pallary, 1902 accepted as Bittium submammillatum (de Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854) accepted as Cerithidium submammillatum (de Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854) (Synonym)
  36. Species Mesalia striata A. Adams, 1851 accepted as Acirsa subdecussata (Cantraine, 1835) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  37. Species Mesalia stylacris Tate, 1893 † accepted as Sigmesalia stylacris (Tate, 1893) † accepted as Pareora stylacris (Tate, 1893) †
  38. Species Mesalia sulcata (Lamarck, 1804) † accepted as Sigmesalia dameriacensis (Cossmann, 1888) †
  39. Species Mesalia suturalis accepted as Eglisia spirata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) (Recombination of synonym)
  40. Species Mesalia tenuisculpta P. P. Carpenter, 1864 accepted as Finella tenuisculpta (P. P. Carpenter, 1864) (original combination)
  41. Species Mesalia varia (Kiener, 1843) accepted as Mesalia mesal (Deshayes, 1843) (Recombination of synonym)
  42. Species Mesalia variabilis Defrance, 1828 † accepted as Sigmesalia variabilis (Defrance, 1828) †
  43. Subgenus Mesalia (Woodsalia) Olsson, 1929 † (uncertain > unassessed)
    1. Species Mesalia (Woodsalia) negritosensis (H. Woods, 1922) † (uncertain > unassessed)
  44. Species Mesalia ajlanmenica Gorbach, 1972 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  45. Species Mesalia alabamiensis (Whitfield, 1865) † (uncertain > unassessed)
  46. Species Mesalia artini A. Peron & Fourtau, 1903 † (uncertain > unassessed)
  47. Species Mesalia caribaea (A. d'Orbigny, 1842) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, Unidentifiable)
  48. Species Mesalia claibornensis G. D. Harris, 1895 † (uncertain > unassessed)
  49. Species Mesalia decussata A. Adams, 1854 (uncertain, use in recent literature not established by editor)
  50. Species Mesalia dudariensis Strausz, 1966 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  51. Species Mesalia hildeverti Doncieux, 1908 † (uncertain > unassessed)
  52. Species Mesalia lincolnensis C. E. Weaver, 1916 † (uncertain > unassessed)
  53. Species Mesalia pumila (Gabb, 1860) † (uncertain > unassessed)
  54. Species Mesalia yebrensis Villalta Comella, 1956 † (uncertain > unassessed)
marine
Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 155 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mesalia Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138613 on 2025-03-13
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Gofas, Serge
2009-11-11 12:08:55Z
changed
Vos, Chris
2009-12-05 09:36:21Z
changed
Vos, Chris
2011-03-16 19:15:22Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2013-11-03 08:34:17Z
changed
Vos, Chris
2018-12-15 10:32:27Z
changed
Vos, Chris
2020-10-04 07:04:59Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe

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Nomenclature

original description Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 155 [details] 

original description (of Mesalia (Mesaliopsis) Thiele, 1929) Thiele, J. (1929-1935). Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde. Jena, Gustav Fischer, 1154 pp. Vol. 1 part 1: 1-376 [between 4 September and 21 October 1929]; Vol. 1 part 2: 377-778 [before 31 October 1931]; Vol. 2 part 3: 779-1022 [before 19 January 1934]; Vol. 2 part 4: i-iv, 1023-1154, i-vi for volume 1 [before 27 March 1935]. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 181 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Squires, R. L. & Saul, L. R. (2007). Paleocene pareorine turritellid gastropods from the Pacific slope of North America. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 121(1):1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35185496
page(s): 6 [details] 

Other

additional source Marche-Marchad, I. (1981). Notes sur des representants du genre <i>Mesalia</i> Gray, 1847 (Gastropoda, Turritellidae) trouvés dans la Méditerranée. <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> 17 (3-4): 41-48., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49938330 [details] 

additional source Marche-Marchad, I. (1960). Les Turritellidae de l'Afrique Occidentale (Gastropodes Prosobranches marins). <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire sér. A.</em> 22(3): 855-884, 3 pl.
page(s): 873 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details] 

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Mesalia mesal (Deshayes, 1843) Specimen from Cabo Pino (-5 m), Málaga, Spain (actual size 20.5 mm).
Mesalia mesal (Deshayes, 1843)
Specimen from Cabo Pino (-5 m), Málaga, Spain (actual size 20.5 mm).
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Mesalia mesal
Mesalia mesal
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Mesalia mesal
Mesalia mesal
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