Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae
Alternative combination: Drillia torosa
Synonyms: Drillia torosa aurantia Carpenter 1864, Pseudomelatoma torosa aurantia Carpenter 1864, Pseudomelatoma torosa somisensis Waterfall 1929
Belongs to Pseudomelatoma according to A. Hendy 2021
See also Arnold 1903, Ashley 1895, Carpenter 1864, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Hendy 2020, Olsson 1922 and Waterfall 1929
Sister taxa: Pseudomelatoma (Laevitectum), Pseudomelatoma fleenerensis, Pseudomelatoma fulleri, Pseudomelatoma grippi, Pseudomelatoma penicillata
Type specimens:
- Pseudomelatoma torosa: USNM 3286, a shell
- Pseudomelatoma torosa aurantia: Its type locality is Port Limon, which is in a Pliocene marine siliciclastic in Costa Rica.
- Pseudomelatoma torosa somisensis: UCMP 31423, a skeleton. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 7090, north of Somis, which is in a Pliocene/Pleistocene marine horizon in the Saugus Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (26: California collections)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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