Maesiella
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| Maesiella | |
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| Shell of Maesiella maesae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Maesiella McLean, 1971[1] |
| Type species | |
| Maesiella maesae McLean & Poorman, 1971 | |
| Species | |
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Maesiella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[2]
The generic name Maesiella is named in honor of American malacologist Virginia Orr Maes.[3]
