Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Turritellidae

Alternative combination: Turritella brevialis

Belongs to Mesalia according to Gray 1847

Sister taxa: Mesalia alabamiensis, Mesalia bassiounii, Mesalia claibornensis, Mesalia clarki, Mesalia concava, Mesalia ferialae, Mesalia gigantia, Mesalia lincolnensis, Mesalia martinezensis, Mesalia minuta, Mesalia pagoda, Mesalia paleocenica, Mesalia pumila, Mesalia rathbuni, Mesalia shatai, Mesalia tricarinata, Mesalia vetusta, Mesalia virginiae, Mesalia zitteli

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder