Maoritomella granilirata

Maoritomella granilirata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Maoritomella
Species: M. granilirata
Binomial name
Maoritomella granilirata
Kilburn, 1986
Synonyms[1]
  • Tomopleura (Maoritomella) granilirata Kilburn, 1986

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

Description

The height of the shell attains 6.4mm, its width 2.5 mm.

Distribution

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

References

  1. 1 2 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
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