Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Turritellidae

Alternative combination: Turritella martinezensis

Belongs to Mesalia according to C. W. Merriam 1941

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

Type specimen: ANSP 4344, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder