Protoma
# 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

### Species brought into synonymy

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

## Extinct species

* † Protoma cathedralis Brongniart 1856
* † Protoma deshayesi d'Archiac 1850
* † Protoma renevieri d'Archiac and Haime 1854
* † Protoma retrodilatatum Vredenburg 1928
* † Protoma rotifera Deshayes 1832
* † Protoma sindiense Vredenburg 1928
* † Protoma subrenevieri Vredenburg 1928

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).

