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: incertae sedis
Superfamily: Campaniloidea
Family: †Tylostomatidae
Stoliczka, 1868

Tylostomatidae is an extinct family of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Campaniloidea, the true conchs and their allies.[1][2]

Genera

Genera within the family Tylostomatidae include:[1]

  • Eopterodonta
  • Tylostoma, the type genus

References

  1. 1 2 Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2026). "Tylostomatidae Stoliczka, 1868 †". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  2. ↑ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
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