Tylostomatidae
Appearance
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Fossil of a Tylostoma species from the lower Cretaceous of central Texas | |
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Family: | Tylostomatidae Stoliczka, 1868
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Tylostomatidae is an extinct family of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Stromboidea, the true conchs and their allies.[1]
Genera
[edit]Genera within the family Tylostomatidae include:
- Tylostoma, the type genus
References
[edit]- ^ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).