Maoritomella foliacea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
| Maoritomella foliacea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Maoritomella |
| Species: | M. foliacea
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| Binomial name | |
| Maoritomella foliacea Laseron, 1954
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Tomopleura (Maoritomella) foliacea (Laseron, 1954 ) | |
Description edit
The height of the shell attains 4.8 mm, its width 2.2 mm.
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Distribution edit
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs on the continental shelf of New South Wales
References edit
- ^ a b WoRMS (2015). Maoritomella foliacea. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434379 on 2016-03-13
- Laseron, C. 1954. Revision of the New South Wales Turridae (Mollusca). Australian Zoological Handbook. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1–56, pls 1–12.
External links edit
- "Tomopleura (Maoritomella) foliacea". 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