Megalomastomatidae
Shell of Tomocyclus simulacrum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Cyclophoroidea
Family: Megalomastomatidae
Blanford, 1864[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Megalostomatidae [sic] · (misspelling)
  • Neopupininae Kobelt, 1902[3]
  • Hainesiinae Thiele, 1929[4]

Megalomastomatidae is a family of tropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cyclophoroidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[2]

Genera

Genera within the family Megalomastomatidae include:

  • Cyclopomops Bartsch & J. P. E. Morrison, 1942
  • Farcimen Troschel, 1847[5]
  • Farcimoides Bartsch, 1942
  • Hainesia L. Pfeffer, 1856:[2][6] belongs to the subfamily Cyclophoridae incertae sedis
  • Megalomastoma Swainson, 1840 - the type genus of the family Megalomastomatidae[2]
  • Neopupina Kobelt, 1902[2]
  • Tomocyclus Crosse & P. Fischer, 1872
Synonyms
  • Cyclopoma Troschel, 1847: synonym of Cyclopomops Bartsch & J. P. E. Morrison, 1942 (invalid: not Agassiz, 1833 [Pisces]; Cyclopomops is a replacement name)
  • Cyrtotoma Mörch, 1852: synonym of Aperostoma Troschel, 1847 (invalid: objective junior synonym)
  • Habropoma Crosse & P. Fischer, 1880: synonym of Aperostoma Troschel, 1847 (invalid: objective junior synonym)
  • Lomastoma S. P. Woodward, 1856: synonym of Megalomastoma Swainson, 1840
  • Megaloma S. P. Woodward, 1854: synonym of Megalomastoma Swainson, 1840
  • Megalostoma [sic]: synonym of Megalomastoma Swainson, 1840 (misspelling of original genus name, Megalomastoma Swainson, 1840)
  • Megalostomatinae [sic]: synonym of Megalomastomatinae W. T. Blanford, 1864 (misspelling)
  • Subfamily Cochlostomatinae Kobelt, 1902: synonym of Cochlostomatidae Kobelt, 1902
  • Subfamily Neopupininae Kobelt, 1902: synonym of Megalomastomatinae W. T. Blanford, 1864

References

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  1. ↑ Blanford W. (1864). The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 3, 13: 465.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  3. ↑ Kobelt W. (1902). Das Tierreich 16: 261.
  4. ↑ Thiele J. (1929). Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde 1(1): 103.
  5. ↑ "Mollusca" Archived July 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.
  6. ↑ "Megalomastomatidae". Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 March 2011.
  • Webster N., van Dooren T. & Schilthuizen M. (2012). Phylogenetic reconstruction and shell evolution of the Diplommatinidae (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Diplommatinidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 63: 625-638.


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