Maoritomella eva

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Maoritomella eva
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Maoritomella
Species:
M. eva
Binomial name
Maoritomella eva
(Thiele, 1925)
Synonyms[1]
  • Asthenotoma eva (Thiele, 1925)
  • Bela eva Thiele, 1925 (original combination)
  • Tomopleura (Maoritomella) eva (Thiele, 1925)

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

Description[edit]

The height of the shell is 4.8 mm, and its width is 2.2 mm.

Distribution[edit]

This marine species occurs off the Agulhas Bank, South Africa

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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