Megasurcula carpenteriana

Megasurcula carpenteriana
Megasurcula carpenteriana
Megasurcula carpenteriana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Megasurcula
Species: M. carpenteriana
Binomial name
Megasurcula carpenteriana
(W.M. Gabb, 1865)[1]

Megasurcula carpenteriana (Gabb, 1865), also known as Carpenter's turrid,[2] is a species of medium-sized predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids.[3] This species occurs in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The species was named in honor of Philip Pearsall Carpenter.[4]

Subspecies

Subspecies within this species include:

  • Megasurcula carpenteriana fernandoana[5]

References

  1. ^ http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxonimage/id98304/
  2. ^ http://www.jaxshells.org/wclive2.htm
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Gabb, W.M. 1865. Description of new species of marine shells from the coast of California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 3(3):182-190.
  5. ^ http://arctos.database.museum/name/Megasurcula%20carpenteriana


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