Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae
Alternative spelling: Pseudomelatominae
Synonyms: Zonulispiridae McLean 1971, Zonulispirinae McLean 1971
Parent taxon: Conoidea according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005
See also Abbott 1974, Bouchet et al. 2011, Ponder and Warén 1988 and Wilson 1994
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Boreocomitas Buridrillia Comitas Rhodopetoma
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Indonesia (1 collection), United States (3: California), Vanuatu (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (4), Ecuador (5), Fiji (1), Italy (12), United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Fiji (1), Indonesia (1), Japan (2), New Zealand (10), Panama (1), United States (4: Oregon)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), New Zealand (2), the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: Oregon)
• Eocene of Australia (1), New Zealand (2), the Russian Federation (1), United States (5: Oregon)
• Paleocene of Japan (1)
Total: 64 collections including 74 occurrences