African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Pseudomelatomidae J. P. E. Morrison, 1966

AfReMaS taxon details

Pseudomelatomidae J. P. E. Morrison, 1966

AphiaID

411814 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:411814)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Conoidea J. Fleming, 1822

Original name

Pseudomelatominae J. P. E. Morrison, 1966

Synonymised names

Crassispirinae J. H. McLean, 1971 · unaccepted

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Genus Comitas H. J. Finlay, 1926
Genus Crassispira Swainson, 1840
Genus Funa Kilburn, 1988
Genus Inquisitor Hedley, 1918
Genus Leucosyrinx Dall, 1889
Genus Naudedrillia Kilburn, 1988
Genus Otitoma Jousseaume, 1898
Genus Ptychobela Thiele, 1925
Genus Thelecytharella Shuto, 1969 accepted as Otitoma Jousseaume, 1898 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Morrison, J. P. E. (1966). On the families of Turridae. The American Malacological Union, Annual Reports. (1965):1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52537715
page(s): 2 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pseudomelatomidae J. P. E. Morrison, 1966. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411814 on 2026-05-13

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Pseudomelatomidae J. P. E. Morrison, 1966. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411814 on 2026-05-13

Taxonomic edit history

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2009-08-14 07:25:27Z

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original description (of ) Morrison, J. P. E. (1966). On the families of Turridae. The American Malacological Union, Annual Reports. (1965):1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52537715
page(s): 2 [details]

basis of record Abdelkrim, J., Aznar-Cormano, L., Fedosov, A., Kantor, Y., Lozouet, P., Phuong, M., Zaharias, P. & Puillandre, N. (2018). Exon-capture based phylogeny and diversification of the venomous gastropods (Neogastropoda, Conoidea). Molecular Biology and Evolution. 35(10): 2355-2374., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msy144 [details]

additional source Kantor Yu.I. (1988) On the anatomy of Pseudomelatominae (Gastropoda, Toxoglossa, Turridae) with notes on functional morphology and phylogeny of the subfamily. Apex 3(1): 1-19. [details]

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Introduced: alien

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