Maoritomella eva is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
| Maoritomella eva | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Maoritomella |
| Species: | M. eva
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| Binomial name | |
| Maoritomella eva (Thiele, 1925)
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Description
editThe height of the shell is 4.8 mm, and its width is 2.2 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off the Agulhas Bank, South Africa
References
edit- ^ a b 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
External links
edit- "Tomopleura (Maoritomella) eva". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- Barnard K.H. (1958), Contribution to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part 1. Gastropoda; Prosobranchiata: Toxoglossa; Annals of The South African Museum v. 44 p. 73–163 (described as Asthenotoma eva )
- Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273–308