Maesiella

Maesiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Subfamily: Crassispirinae
Genus: Maesiella
McLean, 1971[1]

Maesiella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae, the turrids.[2]

The generic name Maesiella is named in honor of American malacologist Virginia Orr Maes.[3]

Species

Species within the genus Maesiella include:

References

  1. ^ McLean (1971). Veliger 14: 123.
  2. ^ Maesiella McLean, 1971.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432494 on 15 April 2010.
  3. ^ Robertson R. (1987). "Virginia Orr Maes (1920-1986): Biography and <Malacological Bibliography". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 139: 527-532.
  4. ^ Maesiella hermanita (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434318 on 15 April 2010.
  5. ^ Maesiella maesae McLean & Poorman, 1971.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434319 on 15 April 2010.
  6. ^ Maesiella punctatostriata (Carpenter, 1856).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434320 on 15 April 2010.