Maesiella dominguezi

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Maesiella dominguezi
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Shell of Thelecythara dominguezi (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Maesiella
Species:
M. dominguezi
Binomial name
Maesiella dominguezi
(J. & W. Gibson-Smith, 1983)
Synonyms

Thelecythara domingueziJ. Gibson-Smith & W. Gibson-Smith, 1983

Contents

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.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Isla La Orchila, Venezuela and Aruba.

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References

  1. ↑ Maesiella maesae McLean & Poorman, 1971 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 4 April 2010.
  2. ↑ Robertson R. (1987). "Virginia Orr Maes (1920-1986): Biography and Malacological Bibliography". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 139: 527-532.


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