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Pseudomelatoma torosa

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae

Taxonomy
Drillia torosa was named by Gabb (1864). It is extant. Its type specimen is USNM 3286, a shell.

It was recombined as Pseudomelatoma torosa by Dall (1921), Oldroyd (1927), Grant and Gale (1931) and Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. tororsa

Synonyms
  • Pseudomelatoma torosa somisensis was named by Waterfall (1929). Its type specimen is UCMP 31423, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Pseudomelatoma torosa aurantia by Grant and Gale (1931) and Grant and Gale (1931).
  • Drillia torosa aurantia was named by Carpenter (1864). It is extant. Its type locality is Port Limon, which is in a Pliocene marine siliciclastic in Costa Rica.

    It was recombined as Drillia aurantia by Ashley (1895) and Olsson (1922); it was recombined as Pseudomelatoma torosa aurantia by Oldroyd (1927) and Grant and Gale (1931); it was synonymized subjectively with Pseudomelatoma torosa by Hendy (2021).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Drillia torosa aurantia Carpenter p. 657
1864Drillia torosa Gabb p. 657
1888Drillia torosa Cooper p. 239
1895Drillia aurantia Ashley p. 343
1895Drillia torosa Ashley p. 343
1903Drillia torosa Arnold p. 209
1904Drillia torosa Keep p. 76
1921Pseudomelatoma torosa Dall p. 70
1922Drillia aurantia Olsson pp. 68-69 figs. pl. 5, fig. 5
1927Pseudomelatoma torosa Oldroyd p. 76
1927Pseudomelatoma torosa aurantia Oldroyd p. 76
1929Pseudomelatoma torosa somisensis Waterfall pp. 86 - 87 figs. Plate 6, figures 2, 3
1931Pseudomelatoma torosa Grant and Gale p. 562 figs. pl. 26, fig. 20
1931Pseudomelatoma torosa aurantia Grant and Gale p. 562
2021Pseudomelatoma torosa Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyPseudomelatomidae(McLearn 1971)
genusPseudomelatomaDall 1918
speciestorosa(Gabb 1864)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Invalid names: Pseudomelatoma torosa aurantia Carpenter 1864 [synonym]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:08:14
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:08:14
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Quaternary to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781USA (California) Pseudomelatoma torosa (220007)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (California) Pseudomelatoma torosa (223033)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Pseudomelatoma torosa (201624)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Pseudomelatoma torosa (37937 37938 37940 37941 37944 37945 37947)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Drillia torosa (222663 222664 222665 222666) Pseudomelatoma torosa (203114)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Drillia torosa (202936 222659 222660 222661 222662 222674)