Pseudomelatoma penicillata

Pseudomelatoma penicillata
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
Binomial name
Pseudomelatoma penicillata (Carpenter, 1864)
Synonyms [1]
Drillia dignaSmith, E.A. Drillia eburneaCarpenter, 1864 Drillia eburneolaDall, W.H., 1890 Drillia inermisHinds Drillia moesta maculataWilliamson, M.B., 1905 Drillia penicillataCarpenter, 1864 (original combination) Pleurotoma penicillataCarpenter, 1864

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. semiinflataGrant & 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, United States, and in the Sea of Cortez, Western Mexico.

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

External links

Pseudomelatoma penicillata (holotype of Drillia eburnea)

• 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