Pseudomelatoma penicillata
Species of gastropod
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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]
| Pseudomelatoma penicillata | |
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| Shell of Pseudomelatoma penicillata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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] | |
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The variety † Pseudomelatoma penicillata var. semiinflata Grant & 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.
