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 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 cladistical 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
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