Maoritomella leptopleura

Maoritomella leptopleura
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Borsoniidae
Genus:	Maoritomella
Species:	M. leptopleura
Binomial name
Maoritomella leptopleura Kilburn, 1986
Synonyms [1]
Tomopleura (Maoritomella) leptopleuraKilburn, 1986

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

Description

The height of the shell attains 5.7 mm, its width 2.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs on the continental slope of Eastern Transkei, South Africa

References

1. WoRMS (2015). Maoritomella leptopleura. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434381 on 2016-03-12

• R.N. Kilburn, Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 3. Subfamily Borsoniinae; Annals of the Natal Museum, 1986 - reference.sabinet.co.za

External links

• "Tomopleura (Maoritomella) leptopleura". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
• Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273–308
• Biolib.cz: Maoritomella leptopleura R.N. Kilburn, 1986