Pseudomelatomidae is a

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sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily

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(previously Conacea) and part of the Neogastropoda ( 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 and Zonulispirinae 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'' Powell, 1942 * '' Antiplanes'' Dall, 1902 * '' Benthodaphne'' Oyama, 1962 * † '' Boreocomitas'' Hickman, 1976 * '' Brachytoma'' 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 * ''

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'' Finlay, 1926 * '' Compsodrillia'' Woodring, 1928 * '' Conorbela'' Powell, 1951 * '' Conticosta'' Laseron, 1954 * '' Crassiclava'' McLean, 1971 * '' Crassispira'' 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'' 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'' Woodring, 1928 * '' Monilispira'' Bartsch & Rehder, 1939 * '' Naudedrillia'' Kilburn, 1988 * '' Nymphispira'' McLean, 1971 * ''

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'' Jousseaume, 1898 * '' Paracomitas'' Powell, 1942 * '' Pilsbryspira'' Bartsch, 1950 * '' Plicisyrinx'' Sysoev & Kantor, 1986 * '' Pseudomelatoma'' Dall, 1918 * '' Pseudotaranis'' McLean, 1995 * '' Ptychobela'' Thiele, 1925 * '' Pyrgospira'' McLean, 1971 * '' Rhodopetoma'' Bartsch, 1944 * '' Sediliopsis'' Petuch, 1988 * '' Shutonia'' van der Bijl, 1993 * '' Strictispira'' 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 '' Antiplanes'' Dall, 1902 * ''Rectisulcus'' Habe, 1958: synonym of '' Antiplanes'' Dall, 1902 * ''Schepmania'' Shuto, 1970: synonym of '' Shutonia'' 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.

References

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

External links

*
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