Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae
Alternative spelling: Pseudomelatominae
Synonyms: Crassispiridae Morrison 1966, Crassispirinae Morrison 1966, Zonulispiridae McLean 1971, Zonulispirinae McLean 1971
Parent taxon: Conoidea according to P. Bouchet et al. 2011
See also Abbott 1974, Beu et al. 1990, Bouchet et al. 2005, Fallon 2011, Harzhauser 2007, Ponder and Warén 1988 and Wilson 1994
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Abyssocomitas Aguilaria Anticomitas Antimelatoma Antiplanes Austrotoma Benthodaphne Boreocomitas Burchia Buridrillia Calcatodrillia Carinodrillia Carinoturris Cheungbeia Clavatoma Comitas Compsodrillia Conorbela Conticosta Crassiclava Crassispira Cretaspira Dallspira Doxospira Epideira Funa Gibbaspira Glossispira Hindsiclava Hormospira Inquisitor Knefastia Kurilohadalia Kurodadrillia Leucosyrinx Lioglyphostoma Lioglyphostomella Maesiella Megasurcula Meggittia Miraclathurella Monilispira Naudedrillia Otitoma Paracomitas Pilsbryspira Plicisyrinx Pseudomelatoma Pseudotaranis Ptychobela Pyrgospira Rhodopetoma Sediliopsis Shutonia Striospira Tiariturris Viridrillia Zonulispira
Type: Pseudomelatoma
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of China (3 collections), Costa Rica (4), Cuba (1), Fiji (1), India (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (1), Jamaica (1), Japan (6), Mexico (6), Panama (3), Taiwan (7), Thailand (2), United States (92: Alaska, California, Florida, North Carolina, Oregon), Vanuatu (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (2), South Africa (1), United States (7: California, Florida, Oregon, Washington)
• Pliocene of Australia (1), Chile (4), Colombia (1), Costa Rica (13), the Dominican Republic (6), Ecuador (9), Fiji (2), India (1), Indonesia (4), Italy (23), Jamaica (6), Japan (8), Mexico (5), Panama (22), the Philippines (3), Trinidad and Tobago (4), the United Kingdom (2), United States (35: California, Florida, Oregon), Venezuela (5)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (4), Japan (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (3), Australia (2), Brazil (4), Colombia (29), Costa Rica (1), Denmark (2), the Dominican Republic (5), Ecuador (2), Fiji (1), France (1), Germany (35), Grenada (4), Haiti (1), India (5), Indonesia (5), Italy (1), Japan (6), Mexico (5), Myanmar (7), the Netherlands (2), New Zealand (16), Pakistan (2), Panama (59), the Philippines (1), Puerto Rico (3), South Africa (2), Trinidad and Tobago (5), United States (46: California, Delaware, Florida, Maryland, Oregon, Washington), Venezuela (8)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1), Haiti (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), Canada (2: British Columbia), Myanmar (1), New Zealand (7), Oman (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (26: California, Florida, Mississippi, Oregon, Washington), Venezuela (2)
• Eocene of Angola (1), Antarctica (9), Australia (1), France (5), Indonesia (1), New Zealand (3), Pakistan (2), Peru (2), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (9), United States (5: Oregon), Venezuela (1)
• Paleocene of Greenland (2), Japan (1), New Zealand (2)
Total: 652 collections including 1072 occurrences