Pseudomelatoma penicillata
Appearance
Pseudomelatoma penicillata | |
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Shell of Pseudomelatoma penicillata | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Pseudomelatoma |
Species: | P. penicillata
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Binomial name | |
Pseudomelatoma penicillata (Carpenter, 1864)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Pseudomelatoma penicillata, common name the doleful turrid, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]
The variety † Pseudomelatoma penicillata var. semiinflata Grant & Gale, 1931: synonym of Burchia semiinflata (Grant & Gale, 1931)
Description
[edit]The length of the shell varies between 30 mm and 47 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off California, USA, and in the Sea of Cortez, Western Mexico.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Pseudomelatoma penicillata (Carpenter, 1864). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- Carpenter, Journ. de Conchyl., ser. 3, vol. 12, p. 146, April, 1865.
- Kantor Yu.I. (1988) On the anatomy of Pseudomelatominae (Gastropoda, Toxoglossa, Turridae) with notes on functional morphology and phylogeny of the subfamily. Apex 3(1): 1-19
- Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526
External links
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- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
- Gastropods.com: Pseudomelatoma penicillata