Pseudomelatoma penicillata

Pseudomelatoma penicillata
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
  • Drillia digna Smith, E.A.
  • Drillia eburnea Carpenter, 1864
  • Drillia eburneola Dall, W.H., 1890
  • Drillia inermis Hinds
  • Drillia moesta maculata Williamson, M.B., 1905
  • Drillia penicillata Carpenter, 1864 (original combination)
  • Pleurotoma penicillata Carpenter, 1864

Pseudomelatoma penicillata, common name the doleful turrid, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.

The variety † Pseudomelatoma penicillata var. semiinflata Grant & Gale, 1931: synonym of Burchia semiinflata (Grant & Gale, 1931)

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