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Maesiella dominguezi

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Species of gastropod

Maesiella dominguezi
Shell of Thelecythara dominguezi (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Maesiella
Species: M. dominguezi
Binomial name
Maesiella dominguezi
(J. & W. Gibson-Smith, 1983)
Synonyms

Thelecythara dominguezi J. Gibson-Smith & W. Gibson-Smith, 1983

Maesiella dominguezi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.

The generic name Maesiella is named in honor of the American malacologist Virginia Orr Maes.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 9.5 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (December 2018)

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Isla La Orchila, Venezuela and Aruba.

References

  1. Maesiella maesae McLean & Poorman, 1971. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  2. Robertson R. (1987). "Virginia Orr Maes (1920-1986): Biography and Malacological Bibliography". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 139: 527-532.
  • Gibson-Smith, J., and W. Gibson-Smith. "New Recent gastropod species from Venezuela and a bivalve range extension." The Veliger 25 (1983): 177-181.

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Taxon identifiers
Maesiella dominguezi
Thelecythara dominguezi


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