Maoritomella ischna

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

Maoritomella ischna
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Maoritomella
Species:
M. ischna
Binomial name
Maoritomella ischna
(Watson, 1881)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pleurotoma ischna Watson, 1881 (original combination)
  • Tomopleura ischna (Watson, 1881)
  • Tomopleura (Maoritomella) ischna (Watson, 1881)

Description

The height of the shell attains 8.5 mm, its width 2.25 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand and off Tasmania (Australia)

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2015). Maoritomella ischna. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598993 on 2016-03-13
  • "Tomopleura (Maoritomella) ischna". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273–308


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