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Mesalia varia (Kiener, 1843)

180926 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:180926)

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  4. Gastropoda
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  6. Caenogastropoda incertae sedis
  7. Cerithioidea
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  9. Pareorinae
  10. Mesalia
  11. Mesalia varia
 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mesalia mesal (Deshayes, 1843)
Species
Mesalia J. E. Gray, 1847
Mesalia varia var. plicata Pallary, 1900 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Variety Mesalia varia var. imbricata Pallary, 1900 accepted as Mesalia mesal (Deshayes, 1843) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  2. Variety Mesalia varia var. plicata Pallary, 1900 accepted as Mesalia varia (Kiener, 1843) accepted as Mesalia mesal (Deshayes, 1843) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Turritella varia Kiener, 1843) Kiener, L.C. (1838). Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 10. Famille des Turbinacées. Genre Turritelle (<i>Turritella</i>, Lam.), pp. 1-46, pl. 1-14 [pp. 1-46 (1844), pl. 1-3, 5, 7-14 (1843), 4, 6 (1844)]; Scalaire (<i>Scalaria</i>, Lam.), pp. 1-22, pl. 1-7 [all (1838)]; Cadran (<i>Solarium</i>,Lam.), pp. 1-12, pl. 1-4 [all (1838)]; Roulette (<i>Rotella</i>, Lam.), pp. 1-10, pl. 1-3 [all (1838)]; Dauphinule (<i>Dephinula</i>, Lam.), pp. 1-12, pl. 1-4 [pp. 1-10 (1838), 11-12 (1842); pl. 1 (1837), 2-4 (1838]; Phasianelle (<i>Phasianella</i>, Lam.), pp. 1-11, pl. 1-5 [pp. 1-11 (1850); pl. 1-3, 5 (1847), 4 (1848)]; Famille des Plicacées de Lamarck, et des Trochoides de Cuvier. Genre Tornatelle (<i>Tornatella</i>, Lamarck), pp. 3-6, pl. 1 [all (1834)]; Genre Pyramidelle (<i>Pyramidella</i>), Lamarck, pp. 1-8, pl. 1-2 [all (1835)]; [Famille des Myacées.] Genre Thracie (<i>Thracia</i>, Leach), pp. 1-7, pl. 1-2 [all (1834)]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19879 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Mesalia varia (Kiener, 1843). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=180926 on 2026-09-08
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Mesalia varia (Kiener, 1843). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=180926 on 2026-09-08
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2005-09-06 08:34:59Z
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Gofas, Serge
2013-11-03 08:34:17Z
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Vos, Chris

original description (of Turritella varia Kiener, 1843) Kiener, L.C. (1838). Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 10. Famille des Turbinacées. Genre Turritelle (<i>Turritella</i>, Lam.), pp. 1-46, pl. 1-14 [pp. 1-46 (1844), pl. 1-3, 5, 7-14 (1843), 4, 6 (1844)]; Scalaire (<i>Scalaria</i>, Lam.), pp. 1-22, pl. 1-7 [all (1838)]; Cadran (<i>Solarium</i>,Lam.), pp. 1-12, pl. 1-4 [all (1838)]; Roulette (<i>Rotella</i>, Lam.), pp. 1-10, pl. 1-3 [all (1838)]; Dauphinule (<i>Dephinula</i>, Lam.), pp. 1-12, pl. 1-4 [pp. 1-10 (1838), 11-12 (1842); pl. 1 (1837), 2-4 (1838]; Phasianelle (<i>Phasianella</i>, Lam.), pp. 1-11, pl. 1-5 [pp. 1-11 (1850); pl. 1-3, 5 (1847), 4 (1848)]; Famille des Plicacées de Lamarck, et des Trochoides de Cuvier. Genre Tornatelle (<i>Tornatella</i>, Lamarck), pp. 3-6, pl. 1 [all (1834)]; Genre Pyramidelle (<i>Pyramidella</i>), Lamarck, pp. 1-8, pl. 1-2 [all (1835)]; [Famille des Myacées.] Genre Thracie (<i>Thracia</i>, Leach), pp. 1-7, pl. 1-2 [all (1834)]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19879 [details] 

additional source Pallary, P. (1902). Liste des mollusques testacés de la baie de Tanger. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 50: 1-39, pl. 1., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16318852
page(s): 16 [details] 

additional source Reeve, L. A. (1849). Monograph of the genus <i>Turritella</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 5, pl. 1-11 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-8: May, 1849; 9-11: June 1849]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8967277
page(s): Pl. 1 (Mesalia), sp. 2; Pl. 5 (Turritella), sp. 16a, b; note: Misapplication [details] 

source of synonymy 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
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) 
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 1 proteins) 
To PESI (from synonym Mesalia varia var. plicata Pallary, 1900)
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