Maoritomella eva
Maoritomella eva | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
Clade: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Borsoniidae |
Genus: | Maoritomella |
Species: | M. eva |
Binomial name | |
Maoritomella eva (Thiele, 1925) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Maoritomella eva is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
Description
The height of the shell attains 4.8 mm, its width 2.2 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Agulhas Bank, South Africa
References
- 1 2 WoRMS (2015). Maoritomella eva. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434378 on 2016-03-13
- Thiele, J. "Gastropoda der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition, II. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer “Valdivia” 1898–1899, 17, 35–382." (1925).
- 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
- Gastropods.com: Tomopleura (Maoritomella) eva
- Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308
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