Maesiella dominguezi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
| Maesiella dominguezi | |
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| Shell of Thelecythara dominguezi (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Maesiella |
| Species: | M. dominguezi
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| Binomial name | |
| Maesiella dominguezi (J. & W. Gibson-Smith, 1983)
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| Synonyms | |
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Thelecythara dominguezi J. Gibson-Smith & W. Gibson-Smith, 1983 | |
The generic name Maesiella is named in honor of the American malacologist Virginia Orr Maes.[2]
Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 9.5 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Isla La Orchila, Venezuela and Aruba.
References
edit- ^ 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
edit- 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
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