Pseudomelatoma torosa

Pseudomelatoma torosa
A live individual of Pseudomelatoma torosa with an attached individual of Crepidula adunca on top
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Pseudomelatoma
Species:
P. torosa
Binomial name
Pseudomelatoma torosa
(Carpenter, 1864)
Synonyms

Drillia torosa Carpenter, 1864 (original combination)

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

Subspecies
  • Pseudomelatoma torosa aurantia Carpenter, 1864