Mirandaphera maestratii

Mirandaphera maestratii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[2]

Mirandaphera maestratii
Shell of Mirandaphera maestratii (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Cancellarioidea
Family:
Cancellariidae
Genus:
Mirandaphera
Species:
M. maestratii
Binomial name
Mirandaphera maestratii
Bouchet & Petit, 2002[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 14 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References
  1. Bouchet & Petit. 2002. Nautilus 116 (3): 95–104. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 6 April 2010.
  2. Mirandaphera maestratii Bouchet & Petit, 2002. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2010.


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