Maxwellia (gastropod)

Maxwellia
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Maxwellia

Baily, 1950
Type species
Murex gemma Sowerby, 1879

Maxwellia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

The genus was named after Maxwell Smith (1888-1961), an American malacologist.

  1. ^ Maxwellia Baily, 1950. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 December 2010.