Diastomatidae

Updated on Nov 02, 2023

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Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Cerithioidea Rank Family		Class Gastropoda Phylum Mollusca

Similar Planaxidae, Cassiopidae, Batillariidae, Hipponicidae

Diastomatidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cerithioidea.

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

Genera

Genera in the family Diastomatidae include:

Aneurychilus Cossmann, 1889

Diastoma Deshayes, 1850 - type genus of the family Diastomatidae, the type species of this genus is extinct

† Diastoma acuminiense Cossmann, 1882 or Diastoma acumininense Cossmann, 1882

† Diastoma costellatum (Lamarck, 1804) - type species, from Eocene of the Paris Basin

† Diastoma elaenia Olsson, 1929

† Diastoma elongatum Brongniart, 1823

† Diastoma insulaemaris Pilsbry & Harbison, 1933

Diastoma melanioides (Reeve, 1849) - it is the only extant species of this family

† Diastoma multispiratum Cossmann, 1881

† Diastoma roncanum (Brongniart)

† Diastoma sameri Abbass, 1967

† Ewekoroia Adegoke, 1977 - the type species of this genus is extinct

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