Biology:Maoritomella pleonastica
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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. pleonastica
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| Binomial name | |
| Maoritomella pleonastica (Barnard, 1958)
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Maoritomella pleonastica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
Description
The height of the shell attains 10.9 mm, its width 4.1 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Agulhas Bank, South Africa
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 WoRMS (2015). Maoritomella pleonastica. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434383 on 2016-03-13
- Barnard, K. H. 1958. Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part 1. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Toxoglossa. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 44: 73–163.
- 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
- "Tomopleura (Maoritomella) pleonastica" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/4/Shell_19594.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
Wikidata ☰ Q10324798 entry
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