Diastomatidae

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Diastomatidae
Diastoma costellatum (Lamarck, 1804), the type species from the Eocene of France
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Diastomatidae
A. E. M. Cossmann, 1894[1]
Diversity[2]
1 extant species
Synonyms[3]
  • Diastomidae Cossmann, 1893
  • Ewekoroiidae Adegoke, 1977[4]

Diastomatidae is a

molluscs in the superfamily Cerithioidea.[3]

According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Diastomatidae has no subfamilies.

Genera

Genera in the family Diastomatidae include:

References

  1. ^ Cossmann A. E. M. (1894). Journal de Conchyliologie 41(4): 322.
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  4. ^ Adegoke (1977). Bulletins of American Paleontology 71(295): 100.
  5. ^ a b c d Bandel K. (2006). "Families of the Cerithioidea and related superfamilies (Palaeo-Caenogastropoda; Mollusca) from the Triassic to the Recent characterized by protoconch morphology - including the description of new taxa". Freiberger Forschungshefte C 511: 59-138. PDF[permanent dead link].
  6. ^
    The Paleobiology Database
    , accessed 26 June 2011.
  7. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2010). Diastoma melanioides (Reeve, 1849). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527561 on 2011-06-26