Maurea alertae

Maurea alertae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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]
  • Alertalex blacki Dell, 1956
  • Calliostoma (Otukaia) alertae B. A. Marshall, 1995
  • Calliostoma alertae B. A. Marshall, 1995
  • Maurea (Alertalex) alertae (B. A. Marshall, 1995)
  • Otukaia blacki (Dell, 1956)

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]

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ "Dick Dell and the fantastic frilled crab". Te Papa’s Blog. 2016-07-03. Retrieved 2024-07-31.