Maoritomella albula

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Maoritomella albula
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Original image of a shell of Maoritomella albula
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Maoritomella
Species:
M. albula
Binomial name
Maoritomella albula
(Hutton, 1873)
Synonyms [1]
  • Pleurotoma albulaHutton, 1873 (original combination)
  • Pleurotoma antipodumSmith, E.A., 1877
  • Tomopleura albula(Hutton, 1873)
  • Tomopleura (Maoritomella) albula(Hutton, 1873)

Maoritomella albula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae. [1]

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Description

The height of the shell attains 9 mm, its width 3.7 mm. The smooth spire is acute The 7½ whorls are spirally grooved with the grooves finely transversely striated. There is also a central prominent spiral rib. The aperture is oblong. The siphonal canal is very short. The body whorl is as long as the spire. The color of the shell is ochraceous white. The apex and the columella are white. The angle of the spire is 30°. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Tasmania and New Zealand.

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References

  1. 1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2015). Maoritomella albula. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598992 on 2016-03-10
  2. ↑ Hutton F.W. (1880) Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca, Dominion Museum (N.Z.)
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