Protoma

Protoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turritellidae.

Species

Extant species within the genus Protoma include:

• Protoma knockeri Baird, 1870

• Protoma capensis (Krauss, 1848): synonym of Turritella capensis (Krauss, 1848)

Extinct species

• † Protoma cathedralis <small> Brongniart 1856</small>
• † Protoma deshayesi <small> d'Archiac 1850</small>
• † Protoma renevieri <small> d'Archiac and Haime 1854</small>
• † Protoma retrodilatatum <small> Vredenburg 1928</small>
• † Protoma rotifera <small> Deshayes 1832</small>
• † Protoma sindiense <small> Vredenburg 1928</small>
• † Protoma subrenevieri <small> Vredenburg 1928</small>

Fossils of sea snails within this genus have been found in sediments of Europe, South Africa, India, and Pakistan from Oligocene to Quaternary (age range: 28.4 to 0.012 million years ago).

References

• Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp.
• Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg