Megasurcula

Megasurcula
A live individual of Megasurcula carpenteriana on the sea bed
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Subfamily: Cochlespirinae
Genus: Megasurcula
Casey, 1904[1]

Megasurcula is a genus of medium-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Pseudomelatomidae, a family previously lumped with others collectively known as turrids.[2] Species within this genus occur in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

Species

Species within the genus Megasurcula include:

References

  1. Casey (1904). Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 14: 147.
  2. Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278
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