Maesiella maesae

Maesiella maesae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Subfamily: Crassispirinae
Genus: Maesiella
Species: M. maesae
Binomial name
Maesiella maesae
McLean & Poorman, 1971

Maesiella maesae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]

The generic name Maesiella as well as the specific name maesae are named in honor of American malacologist Virginia Orr Maes.[2]

References

  1. Maesiella maesae McLean & Poorman, 1971.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  2. Robertson R. (1987). "Virginia Orr Maes (1920-1986): Biography and <Malacological Bibliography". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 139: 527-532.

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