Megasurcula carpenteriana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Megasurcula |
Species: | M. carpenteriana
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Binomial name | |
Megasurcula carpenteriana | |
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Megasurcula carpenteriana (Gabb, 1865), also known as Carpenter's turrid,[3] is a species of medium-sized predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, a family previously lumped with others collectively known as turrids.[4] This species occurs in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The species was named in honor of Philip Pearsall Carpenter.[5][2]