Mesalia brevialis

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Mesalia brevialis
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Five views of a shell of Mesalia brevialis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Turritellidae
Genus: Mesalia
Species:
M. brevialis
Binomial name
Mesalia brevialis
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms [1]
  • Mesalia (Mesaliopsis) brevialis(Lamarck, 1822) (Alternate representation)
  • Turritella (Mesalia) brevialisLamarck, 1822 (Alternate representation)
  • Turritella brevialisLamarck, 1822

Mesalia brevialis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turritellidae. [1]

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