''Mesalia'' is a

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sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...

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gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...

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Turritellidae Turritellidae, with the common name "tower shells" or "tower snails", is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of small- to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the Sorbeoconcha clade. They are filter feeders; ...

Species

Species within the genus ''Mesalia'' include: * ''

Mesalia brevialis ''Mesalia brevialis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Turritellidae. Description Distribution References * Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et ...

'' (Lamarck, 1822) * '' Mesalia flammifera'' (Locard, 1896) * '' Mesalia freytagi'' Maltzan, 1844 * '' Mesalia lactea'' (Möller, 1842) * '' Mesalia melanoides'' Reeve, 1849 * '' Mesalia mesal'' (Deshayes, 1843) * '' Mesalia opalina'' (Adams & Reeve, 1850) * '' Mesalia varia'' (Kiener, 1843) * † '' Mesalia alabamiensis'' De Gregorio, 1890 * † '' Mesalia bassiounii'' Abbass, 1967 * † '' Mesalia claibornensis'' * † '' Mesalia clarki'' Dickerson, 1914 * † '' Mesalia concava'' Abbass, 1967 * † '' Mesalia ferialae'' Abbass, 1967 * † '' Mesalia gigantia'' Awad & Abed, 1967 * † '' Mesalia goshourensis'' Matsubara & Ugai, 2006 * † '' Mesalia lincolnensis'' Weaver, 1916 * † '' Mesalia martinezensis'' Gabb, 1869 * † '' Mesalia minuta'' Abbass, 1967 * † '' Mesalia multisulcata'' (Lamarck, 1804) * † '' Mesalia pagoda'' Cox, 1930 * † '' Mesalia paleocenica'' Awad & Abed, 1967 * † '' Mesalia pedinogyra'' Oppenheim, 1906 * † ''

Mesalia pumila ''Mesalia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Turritellidae. Species Species within the genus ''Mesalia'' include: * ''Mesalia brevialis'' (Lamarck, 1822) * ''Mesalia flammifer ...

'' Gabb, 1860 * † '' Mesalia rathbuni'' Maury, 1934 * † '' Mesalia shatai'' Abbass, 1967 * † '' Mesalia tricarinata'' Abbass, 1967 * † '' Mesalia vetusta'' Conrad, 1833 * † '' Mesalia virginiae'' Stilwell et al., 2004 * † '' Mesalia zitteli'' Awad & Abed, 1967

References

Turritellidae Taxa named by John Edward Gray {{Turritellidae-stub