Pseudomelatomidae is a

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predatory Predation is a biological interaction in which one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation (which usually do not kill ...

sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...

s, marine gastropods included in the superfamily

Conoidea Conoidea is a Taxonomic rank, superfamily of predatory sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusc, mollusks within the suborder Hypsogastropoda. This superfamily is a very large group of marine mollusks, estimated at 340 recent valid gen ...

(previously Conacea) and part of the

Neogastropoda Neogastropoda is an order of aquatic snails, both freshwater and marine gastropod molluscs. Description The available fossil record of Neogastropoda is relatively complete, and supports a widely accepted evolutionary scenario of an Early Cre ...

( Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). In 1995 Kantor elevated the subfamily Pseudomelatominae to the status of family Pseudomelatomidae. In 2011 Bouchet, Kantor ''et al''. moved the

Crassispirinae Pseudomelatomidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Conoidea (previously Conacea) and part of the Neogastropoda ( Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). In 1995 Kantor elevated the subfamily Pseudomelatominae ...

and

Zonulispirinae Pseudomelatomidae is a family (biology), family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Conoidea (previously Conacea) and part of the Neogastropoda (Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), Bouchet & Ro ...

and numerous genera of snails loosely called turrid snails (which at that point had been placed in the family Conidae) and placed them in the family Pseudomelatomidae. This was based on a

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analysis of shell

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, radular characteristics, anatomical characters, and a dataset of molecular sequences of three

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fragments.

Genera

Genera within the family Pseudomelatomidae include: * '' Abyssocomitas'' Sysoev & Kantor, 1986 * '' Aguilaria'' Taylor & Wells, 1994 * '' Anticomitas'' Powell, 1942 * ''

Antimelatoma ''Antimelatoma'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Pseudomelatomidae Pseudomelatomidae is a family (biology), family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Conoidea (p ...

'' Powell, 1942 * ''

Antiplanes ''Antiplanes'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Pseudomelatomidae,. Description (Original description) These deep-water and abyssal forms are smooth except for incremental lines and sometimes fi ...

'' Dall, 1902 * '' Benthodaphne'' Oyama, 1962 * † '' Boreocomitas'' Hickman, 1976 * ''

Brachytoma ''Brachytoma'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Pseudomelatomidae. R.N. Kilburn proposed in 1989 the name ''Brachytoma'' to be rejected, since the type species ''Pleurotoma strombiformis'' G. B ...

'' Swainson, 1840 * '' Burchia'' Bartsch, 1944 * '' Buridrillia'' Olsson, 1942 * '' Calcatodrillia'' Kilburn, 1988 * '' Carinodrillia'' Dall, 1919 * '' Carinoturris'' Bartsch, 1944 * '' Cheungbeia'' Taylor & Wells, 1994 * † '' Clavatoma'' Powell, 1942 * '' Cleospira'' McLean, 1971 * '' Comitas'' Finlay, 1926 * '' Compsodrillia'' Woodring, 1928 * '' Conorbela'' Powell, 1951 * '' Conticosta'' Laseron, 1954 * '' Crassiclava'' McLean, 1971 * ''

Crassispira ''Crassispira'' is a genus of small predatory sea snails with narrow, high-spired shells, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae.MolluscaBase (2018). Crassispira Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Speci ...

'' Swainson, 1840 * '' Cretaspira'' Kuroda & Oyama, 1971 * '' Dallspira'' Bartsch, 1950 * '' Doxospira'' McLean, 1971 * '' Funa'' Kilburn, 1988 * '' Gibbaspira'' McLean, 1971 * '' Glossispira'' McLean, 1971 * '' Hindsiclava'' Hertlein & A.M. Strong, 1955 * '' Hormospira'' Berry, 1958 * ''

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'' Hedley, 1918 * ''

Knefastia ''Knefastia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Pseudomelatomidae. Taxonomy This genus was previously included in the subfamily Cochlespirinae of the family Turridae. Species Species within the ...

'' Dall, 1919 * '' Kurilohadalia'' Sysoev & Kantor, 1986 * '' Kurodadrillia'' Azuma, 1975 * '' Leucosyrinx'' Dall, 1889 * '' Lioglyphostoma'' Woodring, 1928 * '' Maesiella'' McLean, 1971 * '' Mammillaedrillia'' Kuroda & Oyama, 1971 * '' Megasurcula'' Casey, 1904 * '' Meggittia'' Ray, 1977 * ''

Miraclathurella ''Miraclathurella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Pseudomelatomidae. Species Species within the genus ''Miraclathurella'' include: * † ''Miraclathurella amica'' (Pilsbry & Johnson, 1917) * ...

'' Woodring, 1928 * '' Monilispira'' Bartsch & Rehder, 1939 * '' Naudedrillia'' Kilburn, 1988 * '' Nymphispira'' McLean, 1971 * ''

Otitoma ''Otitoma'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Pseudomelatomidae. This genus consists of species with a rather variable appearance. Their different morphology points to an uncommon diversification ...

'' Jousseaume, 1898 * '' Paracomitas'' Powell, 1942 * ''

Pilsbryspira ''Pilsbryspira'' is a genus of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Pseudomelatomidae. Species Species within the genus ''Pilsbryspira'' include: * ''Pilsbryspira albiguttata'' (Pilsbry, 1904) * ' ...

'' Bartsch, 1950 * ''

Plicisyrinx ''Plicisyrinx'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Pseudomelatomidae. Species Species within the genus ''Plicisyrinx'' include: * ''Plicisyrinx binicostata'' Sysoev & Kantor, 1986 * ''Plicisyrinx ...

'' Sysoev & Kantor, 1986 * '' Pseudomelatoma'' Dall, 1918 * '' Pseudotaranis'' McLean, 1995 * ''

Ptychobela ''Ptychobela'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Pseudomelatomidae. Species Species within the genus ''Ptychobela'' include: * ''Ptychobela baynhami'' (Smith E. A., 1891) * ''Ptychobela dancei'' ...

'' Thiele, 1925 * '' Pyrgospira'' McLean, 1971 * '' Rhodopetoma'' Bartsch, 1944 * '' Sediliopsis'' Petuch, 1988 * ''

Shutonia ''Shutonia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae Pseudomelatomidae is a family (biology), family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Conoidea (previously Conace ...

'' van der Bijl, 1993 * ''

Strictispira ''Strictispira'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.MolluscaBase (2018). Strictispira McLean, 1971. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marines ...

'' McLean, 1971 * '' Striospira'' Bartsch, 1950 * '' Thelecythara'' Woodring, 1928 * '' Tiariturris'' Berry, 1958 * '' Viridrillia'' Bartsch, 1943 * '' Zonulispira'' Bartsch, 1950

Genera brought into synonymy

* ''Epidirona'' Iredale, 1931: synonym of '' Epideira'' Hedley, 1918 * ''Lioglyphostomella'' Shuto, 1970: synonym of ''

'' Jousseaume, 1898 * ''Macrosinus'' Beu, 1970: synonym of '' Paracomitas'' Powell, 1942 * ''Rectiplanes'' Bartsch, 1944: synonym of ''

'' Dall, 1902 * ''Rectisulcus'' Habe, 1958: synonym of ''

'' Dall, 1902 * ''Schepmania'' Shuto, 1970: synonym of ''

'' van der Bijl, 1993 * ''Thelecytharella'' Shuto, 1969: synonym of ''

'' Jousseaume, 1898 * ''Turrigemma'' Berry, 1958: synonym of '' Hindsiclava'' Hertlein & A.M. Strong, 1955 * ''Viridrillina'' Bartsch, 1943: synonym of '' Viridrillia'' Bartsch, 1943

Genera moved to another family

* '' Austrocarina'' Laseron, 1954Laseron (1954). ''Review of the New South Wales Turridae, Roy. Zoo. Soc. N.S.W.'', Sydney, 21. has been moved to the family

Horaiclavidae Horaiclavidae is a family of predatory sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomi ...

References

* (Pseudomelatominae) The American Malacological Union. Annual Reports for 1965: 2

External links

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Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Pseudomelatomidae

James Mc Lean, A revised classification of the family Turridae, with the proposal of new subfamilies, genera, and subgenera from the Eastern Pacific - General description of the subfamily Zonulispirinae, now recognized as the family Pseudomelatomidae; The Veliger v. 14 (1971-1972)
Gastropod families {{Pseudomelatomidae-stub