| Maesiella dominguezi | |
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| Shell of Thelecythara dominguezi (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Maesiella |
| Species: | M. dominguezi |
| Binomial name | |
| Maesiella dominguezi (J. & W. Gibson-Smith, 1983) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Thelecythara dominguezi J. Gibson-Smith & W. Gibson-Smith, 1983 | |
Maesiella dominguezi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
The generic name Maesiella is named in honor of the American malacologist Virginia Orr Maes.[2]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 9.5 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Isla La Orchila, Venezuela and Aruba.
References
- ↑ Maesiella maesae McLean & Poorman, 1971. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
- ↑ Robertson R. (1987). "Virginia Orr Maes (1920-1986): Biography and Malacological Bibliography". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 139: 527-532.
- Gibson-Smith, J., and W. Gibson-Smith. "New Recent gastropod species from Venezuela and a bivalve range extension." The Veliger 25 (1983): 177-181.
External links
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- Gastropods.com: Maesiella dominguezi
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
- Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Thelecythara dominguezi
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