WoRMS 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 superseded combination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 superseded combination)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 through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434770 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
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]
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]
Other
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]
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]





To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
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 USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Drillia penicillata P. P. Carpenter, 1865)
To ITIS
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 USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Drillia penicillata P. P. Carpenter, 1865)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym