''Pseudomelatoma'' is a
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sea snail
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the family
Pseudomelatomidae
Pseudomelatomidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Conoidea (previously Conacea) and part of the Neogastropoda ( Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
In 1995 Kantor elevated the subfamily Pseudomelatomina ...
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[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]
Description
(Original description) There is a group of species typified by ''
Pleurotoma penicillata'' 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.
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)
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Species
Species within the genus ''Pseudomelatoma'' include:
* '' Pseudomelatoma eburnea'' (Carpenter, 1865)
* '' Pseudomelatoma moesta'' (Carpenter, 1864)
* '' Pseudomelatoma penicillata'' (Carpenter, 1864)
* '' Pseudomelatoma sticta'' S. S. Berry, 1956
* '' Pseudomelatoma torosa'' (Carpenter, 1864)
;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
External links
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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
Pseudomelatomidae
Gastropod genera
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