Maoritomella foliacea

Maoritomella foliacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Maoritomella
Species: M. foliacea
Binomial name
Maoritomella foliacea
Laseron, 1954
Synonyms[1]

Tomopleura (Maoritomella) foliacea (Laseron, 1954 )

Maoritomella foliacea 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 is endemic to Australia and occurs on the continental shelf of New South Wales

References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS (2015). Maoritomella foliacea. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434379 on 2016-03-13


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