Pseudomelatoma torosa
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Pseudomelatoma torosa

Pseudomelatoma torosa is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.

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  • Pseudomelatoma torosa aurantia Carpenter, 1864

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Appearance

The whorls show an angulated shoulder bearing nodulous terminations of about ten short oblique ribs. There is no spiral sculpture. The color of the shell is burnt-brown, under an olivaceous epidermis. The nodules are whitish. The aperture is brown.

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The shell of the subspecies P. t. aurantia is orange-colored, sometimes spirally striate.

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Distribution

Geography

This marine species occurs off southern California, USA.

References

1. Pseudomelatoma torosa Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudomelatoma_torosa

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