Catantostomatidae is an extinct family of
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
s included in the
Vetigastropoda
Vetigastropoda is a major taxonomic group of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks that form a very ancient lineage. Taxonomically the Vetigastropoda are sometimes treated as an order, although they are treated as an unranked clade in Bouch ...
[ and placed in the superfamily ]Pleurotomarioidea
Pleurotomarioidea is a superfamily of small to large marine gastropods included in the order Pleurotomariida of the subclass Vetigastropoda.
These are the slit shells, originally named Pleurotomariacea, in keeping with the convention for na ...
.Classification of P. Bouchet et al. 2005
/ref>[Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part I, R.C. Moore (ed) Geol Soc of America and Univ. Kansas Press, 1960.]
Genera
Catantostomatidae was established for the genus ''Catantostoma''.[
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References
Middle Devonian first appearances
Middle Devonian extinctions
Gastropod families
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