Maesiella dominguezi

Maesiella dominguezi
Shell of Thelecythara dominguezi (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
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

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.

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.

• 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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
• Gastropods.com: Maesiella dominguezi
• Tucker, J.K. "Catalog of Recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Mapress.com. Zootaxa. pp. 1–1295. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
• Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Thelecythara dominguezi