Maoritomella leptopleura

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Maoritomella leptopleura
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Maoritomella
Species:
M. leptopleura
Binomial name
Maoritomella leptopleura
Kilburn, 1986
Synonyms[1]
  • Tomopleura (Maoritomella) leptopleura Kilburn, 1986

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

Description[edit]

The height of the shell attains 5.7 mm, its width 2.5 mm.

Distribution[edit]

This marine species occurs on the continental slope of Eastern Transkei, South Africa

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b WoRMS (2015). Maoritomella leptopleura. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434381 on 2016-03-12
  • 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

External links[edit]

  • "Tomopleura (Maoritomella) leptopleura". 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
  • Biolib.cz: Maoritomella leptopleura R.N. Kilburn, 1986