Maoritomella ischna is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
| Maoritomella ischna | |
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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. ischna
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| Binomial name | |
| Maoritomella ischna (Watson, 1881)
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Description
editThe height of the shell attains 8.5 mm, its width 2.25 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off New Zealand and off Tasmania (Australia)
References
edit- ^ a b 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
- Powell, A.W.B. 1979: New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland
- Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
External links
edit- "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