Maurea alertae
Species of gastropod
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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]
| Maurea alertae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Calliostomatidae |
| Genus: | Maurea |
| Species: | M. alertae |
| Binomial name | |
| Maurea alertae (B. A. Marshall, 1995) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The deep water snail Alertalex blacki was named after the ship that took the 1954 expedition to the Chatham Islands and its master.[2]