Diastomatidae

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Diastomatidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cerithioidea.[3]

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Diastomatidae
Diastoma costellatum (Lamarck, 1804), the type species from the Eocene of France
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: incertae sedis
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Diastomatidae
A. E. M. Cossmann, 1894[1]
Diversity[2]
1 extant species
Synonyms[3]
  • Diastomidae Cossmann, 1893
  • Ewekoroiidae Adegoke, 1977[4]
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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[5]
  • Diastoma Deshayes, 1850 - type genus of the family Diastomatidae, the type species of this genus is extinct[3]
    • Diastoma acuminiense Cossmann, 1882 or Diastoma acumininense Cossmann, 1882[6]
    • Diastoma costellatum (Lamarck, 1804)[6] - type species, from Eocene of the Paris Basin[5]
    • Diastoma elaenia Olsson, 1929[6]
    • Diastoma elongatum Brongniart, 1823[6]
    • Diastoma insulaemaris Pilsbry & Harbison, 1933[6]
    • Diastoma melanioides (Reeve, 1849)[7] - it is the only extant species of this family[5]
    • Diastoma multispiratum Cossmann, 1881[6]
    • Diastoma roncanum (Brongniart)[5]
    • Diastoma sameri Abbass, 1967[6]
  • Ewekoroia Adegoke, 1977 - the type species of this genus is extinct[3]
  • Keilostoma Deshayes, 1850

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