Pseudomelatoma torosa Knobbed Drill

Pseudomelatoma torosa is commonly referred to as Knobbed Drill. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Pseudomelatoma torosa (HMB) 2008

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lexID:: 15290
AphiaID:: 434771

Scientific:: Pseudomelatoma torosa
German:: Falsche Melatomschnecke
English:: Knobbed Drill

Category:: Snails

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Pseudomelatomidae (Family) > Pseudomelatoma (Genus) > torosa (Species)
Initial determination:: (Carpenter, ), 1864

Occurrence:: USA
Sea depth:: Meter
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:: 2022-10-19 19:47:29
Last edit:: 2022-10-20 19:44:33

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Pseudomelatoma torosa (Carpenter, 1864)

Pseudomelatoma torosa is a predatory sea snail in the family Pseudomelatomidae. This snail occurs off southern California, USA.

Feeds highly most likely on polychaete worms.

Synonymised names:
Drillia torosa Carpenter, 1864 · unaccepted (original combination)

External links

Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 19.10.2022.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 19.10.2022.

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