MolluscaBase name details
Mesalia alabamiensis (Whitfield, 1865) †
1784449 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1784449)
uncertain > unassessed
Species
Mesalia pumila var. alabamiensis (Whitfield, 1865) † · unaccepted > superseded rank
Potamides alabamiensis Whitfield, 1865 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Potamides alabamiensis Whitfield, 1865 †) Whitfield, R. P. (1865). Descriptions of new species of Eocene fossils. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 1: 259–268., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16084786
page(s): 266, pl. 27, fig. 13 [details]
page(s): 266, pl. 27, fig. 13 [details]
Type locality contained in Alabama
type locality contained in Alabama [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mesalia alabamiensis (Whitfield, 1865) †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1784449 on 2025-09-11
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
original description
(of Potamides alabamiensis Whitfield, 1865 †) Whitfield, R. P. (1865). Descriptions of new species of Eocene fossils. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 1: 259–268., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16084786
page(s): 266, pl. 27, fig. 13 [details]
additional source Cossmann, M. (1912). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée. Neuvième livraison. Paris, The author and J. Lamarre & Cie. 215 pp., 10 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/112976
page(s): p. 126. [details]
additional source Bowles, E. (1939). Eocene and Paleocene Turritellidae of the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plain of North America. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 13:267-336, pls 31-34.
page(s): p. 327, pl. 34, fig. 10. [details]
new combination reference Harris, G. D. (1896). The Midway stage. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 1(4): 1-156 [115-270], pls 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30507872
page(s): p. 113 (227), pl. 12, fig. 1. [details]
page(s): 266, pl. 27, fig. 13 [details]
additional source Cossmann, M. (1912). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée. Neuvième livraison. Paris, The author and J. Lamarre & Cie. 215 pp., 10 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/112976
page(s): p. 126. [details]
additional source Bowles, E. (1939). Eocene and Paleocene Turritellidae of the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plain of North America. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 13:267-336, pls 31-34.
page(s): p. 327, pl. 34, fig. 10. [details]
new combination reference Harris, G. D. (1896). The Midway stage. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 1(4): 1-156 [115-270], pls 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30507872
page(s): p. 113 (227), pl. 12, fig. 1. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
