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

Maoritomella foliacea
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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
Binomial name
Maoritomella foliacea
Laseron, 1954
Synonyms[1]

Tomopleura (Maoritomella) foliacea (Laseron, 1954 )

Description

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

Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs on the continental shelf of New South Wales

References

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  1. ^ 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.
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  • "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