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Diastoma Deshayes, 1850

AphiaID

473017 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:473017)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Melania costellata Lamarck, 1804 accepted as Diastoma costellatum (Lamarck, 1804) † (type by monotypy)

Parent

Diastomatidae Cossmann, 1894

Original name

Diastoma Deshayes, 1850

Synonymised names

Neodiastoma Cotton, 1932 · unaccepted

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Species Diastoma melanioides (Reeve, 1849)
Species Diastoma alternatum (Say, 1822) accepted as Bittiolum alternatum (Say, 1822) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Diastoma varium (L. Pfeiffer, 1840) accepted as Bittiolum varium (L. Pfeiffer, 1840) (chresonym)
Species Diastoma virginica J. B. Henderson & Bartsch, 1914 accepted as Bittiolum alternatum (Say, 1822) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Diastoma chrysalloidea Bartsch, 1911 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Diastoma slevini A. M. Strong, 1938 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Deshayes, G. P. (1839-1858). Traité élémentaire de conchyliologie: avec les applications de cette science à la géologie. Vol. 1(1): xii + 368 pp. [1839]; vol. 1(2), 824 pp., 6 fold-out tables [pp. 1-128, 1839; 129-824: 1850]; vol. 2: 384 pp. [pp. 1-194: 1857: 195-348: 1858; Atlas: 80 + xi pp., 132 pls. with various numbers; Explication des planches [pp. 1-24: 1839; pp. 25-48: 1850; pp. 49-80: 1853; appendice pp. i-iv: 1850, pp. v-xi: 1857]. Masson, Paris. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/218368
page(s): explication des planches: 46 [explanation of plate 74, originally published without legend] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Diastoma Deshayes, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=473017 on 2025-07-15

Taxonomic edit history

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2010-04-29 13:47:52Z

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Tran, Bastien

2013-08-29 20:29:06Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2015-04-20 17:00:19Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2018-04-11 16:18:46Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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Nomenclature

original description Deshayes, G. P. (1839-1858). Traité élémentaire de conchyliologie: avec les applications de cette science à la géologie. Vol. 1(1): xii + 368 pp. [1839]; vol. 1(2), 824 pp., 6 fold-out tables [pp. 1-128, 1839; 129-824: 1850]; vol. 2: 384 pp. [pp. 1-194: 1857: 195-348: 1858; Atlas: 80 + xi pp., 132 pls. with various numbers; Explication des planches [pp. 1-24: 1839; pp. 25-48: 1850; pp. 49-80: 1853; appendice pp. i-iv: 1850, pp. v-xi: 1857]. Masson, Paris. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/218368
page(s): explication des planches: 46 [explanation of plate 74, originally published without legend] [details]

original description (of Neodiastoma Cotton, 1932) Cotton, B. C. (1932). Notes on Australian mollusca, with descriptions of new genera and new species. Records of The South Australian Museum. 4(4): 537-547., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41026749#page/561/mode/1up
page(s): 541 [details]

basis of record Houbrick, R. S. (1981). Anatomy of Diastoma melanioides (Reeve, 1849) with remarks on the systematic position of the family Diastomatidae (Prosobranchia: Gastropoda. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 94: 598-621., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34608455 [details]

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