Megasurcula | |
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A live individual of Megasurcula carpenteriana on the sea bed | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
Clade: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: |
Megasurcula Casey, 1904 |
Type species | |
Pleurotoma (Surcula) carpenteriana Gabb, 1865 |
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Species | |
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Megasurcula is a genus of medium-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Pseudomelatomidae, a family previously lumped with others collectively known as turrids. Species within this genus occur in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
Species within the genus Megasurcula include: