Diastomatidae Explained

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^[1]
  • † Diastoma costellatum (Lamarck, 1804)^[1] - type species, from Eocene of the Paris Basin
  • † Diastoma elaenia Olsson, 1929^[1]
  • † Diastoma elongatum Brongniart, 1823^[1]
  • † Diastoma insulaemaris Pilsbry & Harbison, 1933^[1]
  • Diastoma melanioides (Reeve, 1849)^[2] - it is the only extant species of this family^[3]
  • † Diastoma multispiratum Cossmann, 1881^[1]
  • † Diastoma roncanum (Brongniart)^[3]
  • † Diastoma sameri Abbass, 1967^[1]
• † Ewekoroia Adegoke, 1977 - the type species of this genus is extinct
• † Keilostoma Deshayes, 1850

Notes and References

1. http://www.paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=basicTaxonInfo&taxon_no=9754# Diastoma
2. 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
3. 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 C 511: 59-138. PDF.