WoRMS taxon details
Mesalia J. E. Gray, 1847
138613 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138613)
accepted
Genus
Turritella mesal Deshayes, 1843 accepted as Mesalia mesal (Deshayes, 1843) (type by original designation)
Mesalia (Mesalia) J. E. Gray, 1847 · unaccepted
Mesalia (Mesaliopsis) Thiele, 1929 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Turritella (Mesalia) J. E. Gray, 1847 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Species Mesalia brevialis (Lamarck, 1822)
- Species Mesalia donnarummae T. Cossignani, 2020
- Species Mesalia mesal (Deshayes, 1843)
- Species Mesalia mimiae T. Cossignani, 2020
- Species Mesalia opalina (A. Adams & Reeve, 1849)
- Species Mesalia caribaea (A. d'Orbigny, 1842) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, Unidentifiable)
- Species Mesalia decussata A. Adams, 1854 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Subgenus Mesalia (Mesalia) J. E. Gray, 1847 accepted as Mesalia J. E. Gray, 1847
- Subgenus Mesalia (Mesaliopsis) Thiele, 1929 accepted as Mesalia J. E. Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Mesalia (Mesaliopsis) brevialis (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Mesalia brevialis (Lamarck, 1822) (Alternate representation)
- Species Mesalia (Mesaliopsis) opalina (A. Adams & Reeve, 1849) represented as Mesalia opalina (A. Adams & Reeve, 1849)
- Species Mesalia acicula (W. Stimpson, 1851) accepted as Turritellopsis stimpsoni Dall, 1919 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Mesalia exilis G. B. Sowerby III, 1913 accepted as Diastoma melanioides (Reeve, 1849) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Mesalia flammifera Locard, 1897 accepted as Mesalia opalina (A. Adams & Reeve, 1849) (Synonym)
- Species Mesalia freytagi Maltzan, 1884 accepted as Mesalia mesal (Deshayes, 1843) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Mesalia lactea (Møller, 1842) accepted as Tachyrhynchus reticulatus (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842) (Recombination of synonym)
- Species Mesalia lacteola P. P. Carpenter, 1864 accepted as Tachyrhynchus lacteolus (P. P. Carpenter, 1864) (Subjective synonym)
- Species Mesalia melanioides Reeve, 1849 accepted as Diastoma melanioides (Reeve, 1849) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Mesalia melanoides Reeve, 1849 accepted as Diastoma melanioides (Reeve, 1849) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Mesalia plicata A. Adams, 1855 accepted as Acirsa subdecussata (Cantraine, 1835)
- Species Mesalia pulchella Pallary, 1902 accepted as Bittium submammillatum (de Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854) accepted as Cerithidium submammillatum (de Rayneval & Ponzi, 1854) (Synonym)
- Species Mesalia striata A. Adams, 1851 accepted as Acirsa subdecussata (Cantraine, 1835) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Mesalia suturalis accepted as Eglisia spirata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) (Recombination of synonym)
- Species Mesalia tenuisculpta P. P. Carpenter, 1864 accepted as Finella tenuisculpta (P. P. Carpenter, 1864) (original combination)
- Species Mesalia varia (Kiener, 1843) accepted as Mesalia mesal (Deshayes, 1843) (Recombination of synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyms 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]
page(s): 155 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Mesalia J. E. Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138613 on 2026-05-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyms 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)
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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
[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]
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 [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]
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
[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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