Paziella tanaoa

Paziella tanaoa
Shell of Paziella tanoa (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Paziella
Species:
P. tanaoa
Binomial name
Paziella tanaoa
(Houart & Tröndlé, 2008)
Synonyms[1]
  • Paziella (Flexopteron) tanaoa (Houart & Tröndlé, 2008)
  • Poirieria (Paziella) tanaoa Houart & Tröndlé, 2008

Paziella tanaoa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 8.2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is found off the Marquesas Islands.

References

  1. ^ a b Paziella tanaoa (Houart & Tröndlé, 2008). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 April 2011.
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 169


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