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| Maesiella maesae | |
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| Shell of Maesiella maesae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Maesiella |
| Species: | M. maesae |
| Binomial name | |
| Maesiella maesae McLean & Poorman, 1971 | |
Maesiella maesae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.
The generic name Maesiella as well as the specific name maesae are named in honor of American malacologist Virginia Orr Maes.
Description
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The length of the shell attains 6 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico to Panama.
References
- Maesiella maesae McLean & Poorman, 1971. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
- Robertson R. (1987). "Virginia Orr Maes (1920-1986): Biography and Malacological Bibliography". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 139: 527–532.
External links
- McLean, J.H. (1971) A revised classification of the family Turridae, with the proposal of new subfamilies, genera, and subgenera from the Eastern Pacific. The Veliger, 14, 114–130
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
- Gastropods.com: Maesiella maesae
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