Maesiella punctatostriata

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Maesiella punctatostriata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Maesiella
Species:
M. punctatostriata
Binomial name
Maesiella punctatostriata
(Carpenter, 1856)
Synonyms[1]
  • Crassispira solitaria Pilsbry, H.A. & H.N. Lowe, 1932
  • Drillia punctatostriata Carpenter, 1856
  • Maesiella solitaria (Pilsbry, H.A. & H.N. Lowe, 1932)

Maesiella punctatostriata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Description[edit]

The length of the shell attains 18 mm.

Distribution[edit]

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Mazatlan, Mexico and off Panama

References[edit]

External links[edit]

  • H. A. Pilsbry and H. N. Lowe, West Mexican and Central American Mollusks Collected by H. N. Lowe, 1929-31; Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Vol. 84 (1932), pp. 33-144
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
  • "Maesiella punctatostriata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.