Antimelatoma

Antimelatoma is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids.^[1]

Antimelatoma
A shell of Antimelatoma buchanani maorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Antimelatoma Powell, 1942
Type species
Drillia maorum E.A. Smith, 1877
Species
See text

Species

Species within the genus Antimelatoma include:

• Antimelatoma buchanani (Hutton, 1873)
• † Antimelatoma waimea Beu, 2011

Species brought into synonymy

• Antimelatoma agasma Cotton, 1947: synonym of Splendrillia woodsi (Beddome, 1883)
• Antimelatoma ahipara Powell A. W. B, 1942: synonym of Antimelatoma buchanani (Hutton, 1873)
• Antimelatoma benthicola Powell A. W. B, 1942: synonym of Antimelatoma buchanani (Hutton, 1873)
• Antimelatoma canyonensis Dell, 1956: synonym of Leucosyrinx canyonensis (Dell, 1956)