Maoritomella pleonastica

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

Maoritomella pleonastica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Maoritomella
Species:
M. pleonastica
Binomial name
Maoritomella pleonastica
(Barnard, 1958)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia pleonastica Barnard, 1958 original combination)
  • Tomopleura (Maoritomella) pleonastica (Barnard, 1958)

Description

The height of the shell attains 10.9 mm, its width 4.1 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Agulhas Bank, South Africa

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References

  1. WoRMS (2015). Maoritomella pleonastica. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434383 on 2016-03-13
  • Barnard, K. H. 1958. Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part 1. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Toxoglossa. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 44: 73–163.
  • 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
  • "Tomopleura (Maoritomella) pleonastica". 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
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