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Maesiella dominguezi

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Maesiella dominguezi
Shell of Thelecythara dominguezi (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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

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The length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 9.5 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Isla La Orchila, Venezuela and Aruba.

References

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  1. ^ Maesiella maesae McLean & Poorman, 1971. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  2. ^ 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.
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  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
  • Gastropods.com: Maesiella dominguezi
  • Tucker, J.K. "Catalog of Recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Mapress.com. Zootaxa. pp. 1–1295. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  • Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Thelecythara dominguezi