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)
The length of the shell varies between 30 mm and 47 mm.
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This marine species occurs off California, USA, and in the Sea of Cortez, Western Mexico.
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)
The length of the shell varies between 30 mm and 47 mm.
This section needs expansion. You can help by
adding to it. (January 2019) |
This marine species occurs off California, USA, and in the Sea of Cortez, Western Mexico.