Pseudomelatoma penicillata

Pseudomelatoma penicillata, common name the doleful turrid, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

Pseudomelatoma penicillata
Shell of Pseudomelatoma penicillata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Pseudomelatoma
Species:
P. penicillata
Binomial name
Pseudomelatoma penicillata
(Carpenter, 1864)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia digna Smith, E.A.
  • Drillia eburnea Carpenter, 1864
  • Drillia eburneola Dall, W.H., 1890
  • Drillia inermis Hinds
  • Drillia moesta maculata Williamson, M.B., 1905
  • Drillia penicillata Carpenter, 1864 (original combination)
  • Pleurotoma penicillata Carpenter, 1864

The variety † Pseudomelatoma penicillata var. semiinflata Grant & Gale, 1931: synonym of Burchia semiinflata (Grant & Gale, 1931)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 30 mm and 47 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off California, USA, and in the Sea of Cortez, Western Mexico.

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References
  1. 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
Pseudomelatoma penicillata (holotype of Drillia eburnea)


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