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Megasurcula tremperiana

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Megasurcula tremperiana
Shell of Megasurcula tremperiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Megasurcula
Species:
M. tremperiana
Binomial name
Megasurcula tremperiana
(W. H. Dall, 1911)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bathytoma tremperiana (Dall, 1911)
  • Cryptoconus tremperianus Dall, 1911

Megasurcula tremperiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Taxonomy

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There is some confusion about the accepted name for this species. The website Gastropods.com considers this species a synonym of Mangelia carpenteri (Folin, L. de, 1867) It was also considered a synonym of Bathytoma tremperiana (Dall, 1911),[2] itself considered by W.H. Dall a synonym of Cryptoconus tremperianus Dall, 1911.[3] But then WoRMS considers this last name a synonym of Megasurcula carpenteriana (Gabb, 1865)[4]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 60 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off California.

References

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  • W.H. Dall (1911), Notes on California shells (II). The Nautilus, vol. 24, no. 10, pp. 109–112,
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  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
  • Gastropods.com: Mangelia carpenteri
  • .The marine mollusks and brachiopods of Monterey Bay,California, and vicinity; Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series v.26 (1948-1950)