Maoritomella granilirata
| Maoritomella granilirata | |
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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. granilirata
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| Binomial name | |
| Maoritomella granilirata Kilburn, 1986
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Maoritomella granilirata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The height of the shell attains 6.4mm, its width 2.5 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs on the continental slope of Eastern Transkei, South Africa
References
[edit]- ^ a b WoRMS (2015). Maoritomella clupeispina. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434376 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) granilirata[permanent dead link]
- 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 granilirata R.N. Kilburn, 1986