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Catantostoma

Gastropoda - Catantostomatidae

Taxonomy
Catantostoma was named by Sandberger (1842) [Sepkoski's age data: D Eife D Give Sepkoski's reference number: 362]. Its type is Catantostoma clathratum. It is the type genus of Catantostomatinae.

It was assigned to Catantostomatinae by Wenz (1938) and Knight et al. (1960); to Selenimorpha by Heidelberger (2001); to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Catantostomatidae by Bouchet et al. (2005).

Species
C. clathratum (type species), C. waldschmidti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Catantostoma Sandberger
1938Catantostoma Wenz p. 158
1960Catantostoma Knight et al. p. 213
2001Catantostoma Heidelberger p. 74
2002Catantostoma Sepkoski
2005Catantostoma Bouchet et al. p. 45

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyPleurotomarioidea(Swainson 1840)
familyCatantostomatidae()
genusCatantostoma

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Catantostoma Sandberger 1842
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Catantostoma clathratum Sandberger 1842
Catantostoma waldschmidti Heidelberger and Koch 2005
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available