''Maoritomella'' is a genus of

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mollusks in the family

Borsoniidae Borsoniidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet, P. (2011). Borsoniidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.or ...

.Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2012). Maoritomella. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432499 on 2012-06-28

Description

The small shell seldom exceeds 10 mm and has usually a fusiform-biconical shape. The axial riblets in the bluntly domed

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are absent or restricted to the terminal half-whorl. The sculpture consists of strong spiral lirae or cords with fine collabral threads crossing spiral lirae. It often contains a peripheral keel but never a conspicuous shoulder angle. The

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is not or feebly indented. There is an anal sinus on the shoulder slope. An operculum is present. The marginal teeth of the

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are rather short, straight and awl-likeR.N. Kilburn, ''Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 3. Subfamily Borsoniinae''; Annals of the Natal Museum, 1986

Distribution

This marine genus occurs off Indonesia, South Africa, Zanzibar, New Zealand and

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( New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia).

Species

Species within the genus ''Maoritomella'' include: * ''

Maoritomella albula ''Maoritomella albula'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.Rosenberg, G. (2015). Maoritomella albula. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marine ...

'' (Hutton, 1873) * ''

Maoritomella clupeispina ''Maoritomella clupeispina'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Borsoniidae. Maoritomella clupeispina.Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php ...

'' Kilburn, 1986 * ''

Maoritomella densecostulata ''Maoritomella densecostulata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae Borsoniidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cono ...

'' Kilburn, 1986 * ''

Maoritomella eva ''Maoritomella eva'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae Borsoniidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouche ...

'' (Thiele, 1925) * ''

Maoritomella foliacea ''Maoritomella foliacea'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae Borsoniidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.B ...

'' Laseron, 1954 * ''

Maoritomella granilirata ''Maoritomella granilirata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae Borsoniidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoide ...

'' Kilburn, 1986 * ''

Maoritomella ischna ''Maoritomella ischna'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae Borsoniidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bou ...

'' (Watson, 1881) * ''

Maoritomella leptopleura ''Maoritomella leptopleura'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae Borsoniidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoide ...

'' Kilburn, 1986 * ''

Maoritomella megalacme ''Maoritomella megalacme'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae Borsoniidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea. ...

'' Kilburn, 1986 *† ''

Maoritomella moderata ''Maoritomella moderata'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.Marshall, B. (2015). Maoritomella moderata (Marwick, 1965) †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Mar ...

'' (Marwick, 1965) * ''

Maoritomella multiplex ''Maoritomella multiplex'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.Marshall, B.; Rosenberg, G. (2015). Maoritomella multiplex. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...

'' (Webster, 1906) * ''

Maoritomella orientalis ''Maoritomella orientalis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae Borsoniidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea ...

'' Dell, 1956 * † '' Maoritomella pagodula'' Powell, 1942 * '' Maoritomella pleonastica'' (Barnard, 1958) * † '' Maoritomella robusta'' Powell, 1942 * † ''

Maoritomella studiosorum ''Maoritomella studiosorum'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.Marshall, B. (2015). Maoritomella studiosorum. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ...

'' (L. C. King, 1933) * † '' Maoritomella subalbula'' (R. Murdoch, 1900) * '' Maoritomella tarrhion'' Kilburn, 1986 * † '' Maoritomella torquatella'' (Marwick, 1931) ; Species brought into synonymy: * ''Maoritomella batjanensis'' (Schepman, 1913): synonym of '' Otitoma batjanensis'' (Schepman, 1913) * ''Maoritomella thola'' Laseron, 1954: synonym of '' Tomopleura thola'' (Laseron, 1954)

References

* Powell, 1942 ulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 2: 113* 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

Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308
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