Maesiella maesae | |
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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]
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