Megasurcula
| Megasurcula | |
|---|---|
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| 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:
- Megasurcula carpenteriana
- Megasurcula stearnsiana
References
- ↑ Casey (1904). Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 14: 147.
- ↑ 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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