Pseudomelatomidae

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Family of gastropods

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::summary Family of gastropods ::

| image = Comitas peelae 002.jpg | image_caption = Apertural view of a shell of Comitas peelae | taxon = Pseudomelatomidae | authority = Morrison, 1966 | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = * Crassispirinae McLean, 1971

  • Zonulispirinae McLean, 1971 | type_genus = Pseudomelatoma | type_genus_authority = Dall, 1918 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = See text ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Pseudomelatoma_torosa_1.jpg" caption="A live individual of ''[[Pseudomelatoma torosa]]'' ''[[in situ]]'' with an attached individual of ''[[Crepidula adunca]]'' on top."] ::

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 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 cladistic analysis of shell morphology, radular characteristics, anatomical characters, and a dataset of molecular sequences of three gene fragments.

Genera

Genera within the family Pseudomelatomidae include:

Genera brought into synonymy

  • Epidirona Iredale, 1931: synonym of Epideira Hedley, 1918
  • Lioglyphostomella Shuto, 1970: synonym of Otitoma 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 Otitoma 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

References

References

  1. (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". [[Journal of Molluscan Studies]].
  2. {{WRMS species. 411814. ''Pseudomelatomidae'' Morrison, 1965. 5 May 2011
  3. Kantor Y., 1995, ''Phylogeny and relationships of Neogastropoda''. Pp. 221–230, in: J. D. Taylor, ed., Origin and evolutionary radiation of the Mollusca. Oxford University Press
  4. Sánchez, Noelia Carolina. (2022). "Estudio Taxonómico de los Gasterópodos de la Superfamilia Conoidea del Mar Argentino Basado en Caracteres Morfológicos y Moleculares". Universidad Nacional de La Plata.
  5. Berry (1958). ''Leafl. Malac.'' '''1''': 90.
  6. Dall (1918). ''Proc. U.S. nat. Mus.'' '''54'''(2238): 317.
  7. Berry (1958). ''Leafl. Malac.'' '''1''': 87.
  8. Laseron (1954). ''Review of the New South Wales Turridae, Roy. Zoo. Soc. N.S.W.'', Sydney, 21.

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