Maesiella maesae

Maesiella maesae
Shell of Maesiella maesae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Maesiella
Species:	M. maesae
Binomial name
Maesiella maesae McLean & Poorman, 1971

Maesiella maesae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. ^[1]

The generic name Maesiella as well as the specific name maesae are named in honor of American malacologist Virginia Orr Maes. ^[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico to Panama.

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.

External links

• McLean, J.H. (1971) A revised classification of the family Turridae, with the proposal of new subfamilies, genera, and subgenera from the Eastern Pacific. The Veliger, 14, 114–130
• 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 maesae