Pseudomelatoma Explained

Pseudomelatoma is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae.^[1]

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.^[2]

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)

External links

• Tucker . J.K. . 2004 . Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda) . Zootaxa . 682 . 1–1295 . 10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1 .
• 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

Notes and References

1. 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
2. https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofuni541919unit 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)