Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Diastomatidae
Alternative spelling: Diastomidae
Synonyms: Ewekoroidae Adegoke 1977, Ewekoroiidae Adegoke 1977
Parent taxon: Cerithioidea according to P. Bouchet et al. 2017
See also Adegoke 1977, Beesley 1998, Beu et al. 1990, Bouchet et al. 2005, Harzhauser 2004, Kosnik 2002, Pacaud and Le Renard 1995, Ponder and Warén 1988 and Wienrich 2001
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Diastoma Diastomatinae Ewekoroia Obtortio Teliostoma
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (4 collections), the Marshall Islands (2), United States (3: California), Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene of Venezuela (3)
• Miocene of Australia (12), Azerbaijan (1), the Dominican Republic (1), the Marshall Islands (7), Ukraine (1), United States (2: Delaware, New Jersey)
• Oligocene of Greece (1), Hungary (4), Iran (2), Italy (1), United States (1: Georgia)
• Eocene of Barbados (1), Belgium (3), Colombia (3), Egypt (1), France (9), Germany (1), Hungary (2), Italy (2), New Zealand (3), Pakistan (1), Spain (15), the United Kingdom (1), United States (3: Florida)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1), Nigeria (1), Poland (1), United States (4: Alabama)
• Cretaceous of Austria (1), Egypt (5), Mexico (1)
Total: 105 collections including 121 occurrences