Tylostomatidae
Extinct family of gastropods
Tylostomatidae | |
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Fossil of a Tylostoma species from the lower Cretaceous of central Texas | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Stromboidea |
Family: | Tylostomatidae Stoliczka, 1868 |
Tylostomatidae is an extinct family of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Stromboidea, the true conchs and their allies.[1]
Genera
Genera within the family Tylostomatidae include:
- Tylostoma, the type genus
References
- ^ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
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