Biology:Maoritomella clupeispina

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Maoritomella clupeispina
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Maoritomella
Species:
M. clupeispina
Binomial name
Maoritomella clupeispina
Kilburn, 1986
Synonyms[1]
  • Tomopleura (Maoritomella) clupeispina Kilburn, 1986

Maoritomella clupeispina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae. Maoritomella clupeispina.[2]

Description

The height of the shell attains 5.7 mm, its width 2.3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs on the continental slope of Eastern Transkei, South Africa

References

  1. WoRMS (2015). Maoritomella clupeispina. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434376 on 2016-03-12
  2. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434376 on 2016-03-12
  • R.N. Kilburn, Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 3. Subfamily Borsoniinae; Annals of the Natal Museum, 1986 - reference.sabinet.co.za

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q10324791 entry