Pseudomelatoma torosa

Pseudomelatoma torosa

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Pseudomelatomidae

Pseudomelatoma torosa is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae. Subspecies Pseudomelatoma torosa aurantia Carpenter, 1864 Description The whorls show an angulated shoulder bearing nodulous terminations of about ten short oblique ribs. There is no spiral sculpture.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 37

Sources and credits

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Pseudomelatoma torosa

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