Maoritomella eva

Maoritomella eva
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Borsoniidae
Genus:Maoritomella
Species: M. eva
Binomial name
Maoritomella eva
(Thiele, 1925)
Synonyms[1]
  • Asthenotoma eva (Thiele, 1925)
  • Bela eva Thiele, 1925 (original combination)
  • Tomopleura (Maoritomella) eva (Thiele, 1925)

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

Description

The height of the shell attains 4.8 mm, its width 2.2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Agulhas Bank, South Africa

References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS (2015). Maoritomella eva. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434378 on 2016-03-13
  • Thiele, J. "Gastropoda der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition, II. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer “Valdivia” 1898–1899, 17, 35–382." (1925).
  • 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

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