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, 1882Diastoma. The Paleobiology Database, accessed 26 June 2011. † 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 familyBandel 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. † 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
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