Megasurcula tremperiana
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| Megasurcula tremperiana | |
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| Shell of Megasurcula tremperiana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Megasurcula |
| Species: | M. tremperiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Megasurcula tremperiana (W. H. Dall, 1911) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Megasurcula tremperiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
There is some confusion about the accepted name for this species. The website Gastropods.com considers this species a synonym of Mangelia carpenteri (Folin, L. de, 1867) It was also considered a synonym of Bathytoma tremperiana (Dall, 1911),[2] itself considered by W.H. Dall a synonym of Cryptoconus tremperianus Dall, 1911.[3] But then WoRMS considers this last name a synonym of Megasurcula carpenteriana (Gabb, 1865)[4]
Description
The length of the shell attains 60 mm.
