Catantostomatidae is an extinct family of

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gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

s included in the

Vetigastropoda Vetigastropoda is a major Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic group of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusc, mollusks that form a very ancient lineage (evolution), lineage. Taxonomically the Vetigastropoda are sometimes treated as an O ...

and placed in the superfamily

Pleurotomarioidea Pleurotomarioidea is a superfamily of small to large marine gastropods included in the order Pleurotomariida of the subclass Vetigastropoda. These are the slit shells, originally named Pleurotomariacea, in keeping with the convention for naming ...

.Classification of P. Bouchet et al. 2005
/ref>Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part I, R.C. Moore (ed) Geol Soc of America and Univ. Kansas Press, 1960.

Genera

Catantostomatidae was established for the genus ''Catantostoma''.

References

Middle Devonian first appearances Middle Devonian extinctions Gastropod families {{paleo-gastropod-stub