- Source: Maoritomella orientalis
Maoritomella orientalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.
Description
The height of the shell attains 10.5 mm, its width 4 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Zealand and off Tasmania (Australia)
References
Dell, Richard Kenneth. The archibenthal mollusca of New Zealand. Dominion Museum, 1956.
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
"Tomopleura (Maoritomella) orientalis". 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
Image at the Museum of New Zealand TE PAPA TONGAREWA
