Diastomatidae is a
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of
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s,
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gastropod
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mollusc
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s in the superfamily
Cerithioidea
The Cerithioidea is a superfamily of marine, brackish water and freshwater gastropod containing more than 200 genera. The Cerithoidea are included unassigned in the subclass Caenogastropoda. The original name of this superfamily was Cerithiacea, ...
.
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
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, accessed 26 June 2011.
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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)
[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] - it is the only extant species of this family
[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
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** † ''
Diastoma multispiratum'' Cossmann, 1881
** † ''
Diastoma roncanum'' (Brongniart)
** † ''
Diastoma sameri'' Abbass, 1967
* † ''
Ewekoroia'' Adegoke, 1977 - the type species of this genus is extinct
* † ''
Keilostoma'' Deshayes, 1850
References
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