Pseudomelatoma penicillata Turrid Snail

Pseudomelatoma penicillata is commonly referred to as Turrid Snail. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

15293 

AphiaID:

434770 

Scientific:

Pseudomelatoma penicillata 

German:

Falsche Melatomschnecke 

English:

Turrid Snail 

Category:

Моллюски 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Pseudomelatomidae (Family) > Pseudomelatoma (Genus) > penicillata (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Carpenter, ), 1865 

Occurrence:

Canada Eastern Pacific, Gulf of California, Northeast Pacific Ocean, USA 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Size:

1.18" - 1.57" (3,0cm - 4,7cm) 

Food:

Carnivore, No reliable information available, Predatory, Worms 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Pseudomelatoma eburnea
• Pseudomelatoma moesta
• 
  Pseudomelatoma penicillata
  Falsche Melatomschnecke
• Pseudomelatoma sticta
• 
  Pseudomelatoma torosa
  Falsche Melatomschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2022-10-20 19:31:55 

Last edit:

2022-10-20 19:42:52 

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