Megasurcula carpenteriana
| Megasurcula carpenteriana | |
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| Megasurcula carpenteriana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Megasurcula |
| Species: | M. carpenteriana |
| Binomial name | |
| Megasurcula carpenteriana (W.M. Gabb, 1865)[1] | |
Megasurcula carpenteriana (Gabb, 1865), also known as Carpenter's turrid,[2] is a species of medium-sized predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, a family previously lumped with others collectively known as turrids.[3] This species occurs in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The species was named in honor of Philip Pearsall Carpenter.[4]
Subspecies
Subspecies within this species include:
- Megasurcula carpenteriana fernandoana[5]
References
- ↑ http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxonimage/id98304/
- ↑ http://www.jaxshells.org/wclive2.htm
- ↑ Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278
- ↑ Gabb, W.M. 1865. Description of new species of marine shells from the coast of California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 3(3):182-190.
- ↑ http://arctos.database.museum/name/Megasurcula%20carpenteriana
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