Biology:Maoritomella orientalis
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Maoritomella |
| Species: | M. orientalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Maoritomella orientalis Dell, 1956
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Maoritomella orientalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
Description
The height of the shell attains 10.5 mm, its width 4 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Zealand and off Tasmania (Australia)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rosenberg, G. (2015). Maoritomella orientalis. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435548 on 2016-03-13
- Dell, Richard Kenneth. The archibenthal mollusca of New Zealand. Dominion Museum, 1956.
- Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland
- Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
External links
- "Tomopleura (Maoritomella) orientalis" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/9/Shell_32539.shtml.
- Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273–308
- Image at the Museum of New Zealand TE PAPA TONGAREWA
Wikidata ☰ Q13812881 entry
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