''Pseudomelatoma'' is a

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sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...

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Pseudomelatomidae Pseudomelatomidae is a family (biology), family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Conoidea (previously Conacea) and part of the Neogastropoda (Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), Bouchet & Ro ...

.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 ''Burchia semiinflata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.MolluscaBase (2018). Burchia semiinflata (Grant & Gale, 1931). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marine ...

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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 {{Pseudomelatomidae-stub