Pseudomelatoma

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Pseudomelatoma
Pseudomelatoma torosa 1.jpg
A live individual of Pseudomelatoma torosa with an attached individual of Crepidula adunca
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Pseudomelatoma
Dall, 1918[1]
Type species
Drillia penicillata
Carpenter, 1865
Species

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

Description[]

(Original description) There is a group of species typified by Carpenter which in sculpture and periostracum closely resemble the African Melatoma but their operculum has an apical nucleus and is long and narrow. They may be called Pseudomelatoma. Melatoma Anthony, 1847, is quite a different thing.[3]

Species[]

Species within the genus Pseudomelatoma include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Pseudomelatoma grippi (Dall, 1919): synonym of Ophiodermella grippi (Dall, 1919)
  • Pseudomelatoma redondoensis T. Burch, 1938: synonym of Burchia semiinflata (Grant & Gale, 1931) (original combination)

References[]

  1. ^ Dall (1918). Proc. U.S. nat. Mus. 54(2238): 317.
  2. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Pseudomelatoma Dall, 1918. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432539 on 2018-04-22
  3. ^ W.H. Dall (1918) Notes on the nomenclature of the mollusks of the family Turritidae; Proceedings of The United States National Museum v. 54 (1918)Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links[]

  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308
  • Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Pseudomelatomidae


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