Maurea alertae
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Maurea alertae | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Calliostomatidae |
Genus: | Maurea |
Species: | M. alertae
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Binomial name | |
Maurea alertae (B. A. Marshall, 1995)
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Maurea alertae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Calliostomatidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.[1]
The deep water snail Alertalex blacki was named after the ship that took the 1954 expedition to the Chatham Islands and its master.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Maurea alertae (B. A. Marshall, 1995). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1264397 on 2018-12-28
- ^ "Dick Dell and the fantastic frilled crab". Te Papa’s Blog. 2016-07-03. Retrieved 2024-07-31.