Maesiella

Maesiella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae.^[2]

Maesiella
Shell of Maesiella maesae
Scientific classification
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
See text

The generic name Maesiella is named in honor of American malacologist Virginia Orr Maes.^[3]

Species

Species within the genus Maesiella include:

• Maesiella dominguezi (J. & W. Gibson-Smith, 1983)
• Maesiella hermanita (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932)^[4]
• Maesiella maesae McLean & Poorman, 1971^[5]
• Maesiella punctatostriata (Carpenter, 1856)^[6]

Species brought into synonymy

• Maesiella solitaria Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932: synonym of Maesiella punctatostriata (Carpenter, 1856)