Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Clade Hypsogastropoda Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Clade Caenogastropoda Clade Neogastropoda | |
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Maoritomella albula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.
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Description
The height of the shell attains 9 mm, its width 3.7 mm. The smooth spire is acute The 7½ whorls are spirally grooved with the grooves finely transversely striated. There is also a central prominent spiral rib. The aperture is oblong. The siphonal canal is very short. The body whorl is as long as the spire. The color of the shell is ochraceous white. The apex and the columella are white. The angle of the spire is 30°.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Tasmania and New Zealand.
References
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