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Pseudomelatomidae

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thumb|A live individual of Pseudomelatoma torosa [[in situ with an attached individual of Crepidula adunca on top.]]

Species

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassGastropoda
  4. OrderNeogastropoda
  5. FamilyPseudomelatomidae
Habitatmarine

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
413
With media
218
Family
Pseudomelatomidae
Collections
LACM, PRI, UCMP, UF, DMNH, NMV
Recorded in
United States, Portugal, Panama, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Japan, Australia, Philippines

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Neogastropoda
Image
Comitas peelae 002.jpg
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Commons category
Pseudomelatomidae
topic's main category
Category:Pseudomelatomidae
taxon name
Pseudomelatomidae
taxon rank
family
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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • Genera
  • Genera brought into synonymy
  • Genera moved to another family
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

thumb|A live individual of Pseudomelatoma torosa [[in situ with an attached individual of Crepidula adunca on top.]]

Pseudomelatomidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Conoidea (previously Conacea) and part of the Neogastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pseudomelatomidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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