Pseudomelatoma
Encyclopedia
Pseudomelatoma is a genus
of predatory sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of predatory sea snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae
Pseudomelatomidae
Pseudomelatomidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Conoidea and part of the Neogastropoda...
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Species
Species within the genus Pseudomelatoma include:- Pseudomelatoma moestaPseudomelatoma moestaPseudomelatoma moesta is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae....
(Carpenter, 1864) - Pseudomelatoma penicillataPseudomelatoma penicillataPseudomelatoma penicillata is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae....
(Carpenter, 1864) - Pseudomelatoma torosaPseudomelatoma torosaPseudomelatoma torosa is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae....
(Carpenter, 1864)