MolluscaBase taxon details
Pseudomelatoma penicillata (P. P. Carpenter, 1865)
434770 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:434770)
accepted
Species
Drillia penicillata P. P. Carpenter, 1865 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pleurotoma (Drillia) digna E. A. Smith, 1877 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Variety Pseudomelatoma penicillata var. semiinflata U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931 † accepted as Burchia semiinflata (U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine
Not documented
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pseudomelatoma penicillata (P. P. Carpenter, 1865)
. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434770 on 2025-09-10
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original description
(of Pleurotoma (Drillia) digna E. A. Smith, 1877) Smith, E. A. (1877). Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 4, 19: 488-501., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19241774
page(s): 499. [details]
basis of record 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. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 103 [details]
additional source Burch, T. (1938). A new <i>Pseudomelatoma</i> from California. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 52(1): 21-22, text-fig. 1., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8284521 [details]
additional source Kantor Yu.I. (1988) On the anatomy of Pseudomelatominae (Gastropoda, Toxoglossa, Turridae) with notes on functional morphology and phylogeny of the subfamily. <i>Apex</i> 3(1): 1-19. [details]
page(s): 499. [details]
basis of record 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. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 103 [details]
additional source Burch, T. (1938). A new <i>Pseudomelatoma</i> from California. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 52(1): 21-22, text-fig. 1., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8284521 [details]
additional source Kantor Yu.I. (1988) On the anatomy of Pseudomelatominae (Gastropoda, Toxoglossa, Turridae) with notes on functional morphology and phylogeny of the subfamily. <i>Apex</i> 3(1): 1-19. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Malacopics (Pseudomelatoma penicillata (P. P. Carpenter, 1865))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Drillia penicillata Holotype USNM 6320) (from synonym Drillia penicillata P. P. Carpenter, 1865)
To ITIS
To NMNH Extant Collection (Drillia penicillata Holotype USNM 6320) (from synonym Drillia penicillata P. P. Carpenter, 1865)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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Hosted externally
Hosted externally, from synonym
