Tylostomatidae

Tylostomatidae
Fossil of a Tylostoma species from the lower Cretaceous of central Texas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: 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

  1. ^ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).


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