Pseudotomidae

Pseudotomidae was first described in 1875 by Luigi Bellardi as Pseudotominae, a subfamily of Pleurotomidae. Pseudotominae was later assigned to the family Turridae, In the following year, A.G. Beu, Sascha Nolden and Thomas A. Darragh tentatively proposed Pseudotomidae as a family, awaiting molecular analysis. The taxon was revived in 2025 by Ronald Janssen and Gerhard Stein and elevated to family status, based on arguments by A.G. Beu and P. A. Maxwell in 1990. Beu and Maxwell felt that Marshallaria, Pseudotoma, Notogenota and other genera in Pseudotominae represented the most primitive subfamily of Turridae. ==Ecology==

Pseudotomidae fossils have typically been found in areas which were formerly deep waters. == Distribution==

Fossils in the family occur in strata from between the Paleocene and the Pleistocene, and have been found in Antarctica, Argentina, Australia, Denmark, France, Italy, Greenland, New Zealand, and the United States (Alabama, California, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Virginia and Washington). ==Genera==

Genera within the family Pseudotomidae include: • † Austrotoma • † Marshallaria • † Notogenota • † Pseudotoma • † Tahuia • † Zeatoma ;Genera brought into synonymy: • Acamptogenotia : synonym of Pseudotoma • Pseudotomina : synonym of Pseudotoma ==Gallery==

Austrotoma scopalveus MA70082-a.jpg|Austrotoma minor Marshallaria waitakiensis MA71022-a.jpg|Marshallaria waitakiensis Notogenota finlayi MA71070-a.jpg|Notogenota finlayi Pseudotoma coronata 001.jpg|Pseudotoma coronata Zeatoma anomala MA71023-a.jpg|Zeatoma anomala ==References==