Biology:Mesalia brevialis

Short description: Species of gastropod

Mesalia brevialis
Five views of a shell of Mesalia brevialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Turritellidae
Subfamily:	Pareorinae
Genus:	Mesalia
Species:	M. brevialis
Binomial name
Mesalia brevialis (Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms
Mesalia (Mesaliopsis) brevialis (Lamarck, 1822) (Alternate representation) Turritella (Mesalia) brevialis Lamarck, 1822 (Alternate representation) Turritella brevialis Lamarck, 1822

Mesalia brevialis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turritellidae.

References

• 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. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180–213.

External links

• Lamarck [J.-B. M. de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième. Paris: published by the Author, 711 pp]
• Reeve, L.A. (1849). Monograph of the genus Turritella. In: Conchologia Iconica. vol. 5, pl. 1-11 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London.

Wikidata ☰ Q6821121 entry