Tylostomatidae

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

Tylostomatidae
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

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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