Pseudomelatoma penicillata

Pseudomelatoma penicillata
	Shell of Pseudomelatoma penicillata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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.^[1]

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.

This marine species occurs off California, United States, and in the Sea of Cortez, Western Mexico.

Carpenter, Journ. de Conchyl., ser. 3, vol. 12, p. 146, April, 1865.
Kantor Yu.I. (1988) On the anatomy of Pseudomelatominae (Gastropoda, Toxoglossa, Turridae) with notes on functional morphology and phylogeny of the subfamily. Apex 3(1): 1-19
Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526