Maesiella dominguezi
| Maesiella dominguezi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Maesiella |
| Species: | M. dominguezi
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| Binomial name | |
| Maesiella dominguezi (J. & W. Gibson-Smith, 1983)
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Maesiella dominguezi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
The generic name Maesiella is named in honor of the American malacologist Virginia Orr Maes.[2]
Description[]
The length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 9.5 mm.
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Distribution[]
This marine species occurs off Venezuela and Aruba.
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.
- Gibson-Smith, J., and W. Gibson-Smith. "New Recent gastropod species from Venezuela and a bivalve range extension." The Veliger 25 (1983): 177-181.
External links[]
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- Gastropods.com: Maesiella dominguezi
Categories:
- Maesiella
- Gastropods described in 1983
- Pseudomelatomidae stubs