Maesiella punctatostriata

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

    Maesiella punctatostriata
    Scientific classification
    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)

    Description

    The length of the shell attains 18 mm.

    Distribution

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

    References
    1. Maesiella punctatostriata (Carpenter, 1856). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
    • 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.
    • "Maesiella punctatostriata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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