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Pseudomelatoma penicillata

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae

Taxonomy
Drillia penicillata was named by Carpenter (1864). It is extant. Its type specimen is USNM 6320, a shell.

It was recombined as Pseudomelatoma penicillata by Dall (1919), Grant and Gale (1931), Skoglund (2002) and Hendy (2021).

Subspecies
P. moesta
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. tororsa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Drillia penicillata Carpenter p. 658
1919Pseudomelatoma penicillata Dall p. 21 figs. pl. 22, fig. 3
1931Pseudomelatoma penicillata Grant and Gale p. 560 figs. pl. 26, figs. 5a, 5b, 18
2002Pseudomelatoma penicillata Skoglund p. 170
2021Pseudomelatoma penicillata 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
speciespenicillata(Carpenter 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 moesta Carpenter 1863 [synonym]
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Pseudomelatoma penicillata (200398 200403)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Pseudomelatoma penicillata (96593)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Pseudomelatoma moesta (202634 203108)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Drillia penicillata, Drillia moesta (222646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Pseudomelatoma moesta (52347)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Pseudomelatoma penicillata (96566 160361)