Maesiella punctatostriata

Maesiella punctatostriata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Maesiella
Species:	M. punctatostriata
Binomial name
Maesiella punctatostriata (Carpenter, 1856)
Synonyms [1]
Crassispira solitariaPilsbry, H.A. & H.N. Lowe, 1932 Drillia punctatostriataCarpenter, 1856 Maesiella solitaria(Pilsbry, H.A. & H.N. Lowe, 1932)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 18 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Mazatlan, Mexico and off Panama

References

1. Maesiella punctatostriata (Carpenter, 1856) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 4 April 2010.

External links

• H. A. Pilsbry and H. N. Lowe, West Mexican and Central American Mollusks Collected by H. N. Lowe, 1929-31; Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Vol. 84 (1932), pp. 33–144
• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
• "Maesiella punctatostriata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.