Maesiella punctatostriata

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

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

    Description

    The length of the shell attains 18 mm.

    Distribution

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

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    References
    1. Maesiella punctatostriata (Carpenter, 1856). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
    • 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.
    • "Maesiella punctatostriata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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