WoRMS taxon details
Cymatiidae Iredale, 1913 (1854)
196332 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196332)
accepted
Family
Aquillidae Pilsbry, 1904 · unaccepted
Cymatiinae Iredale, 1913 (1854) · unaccepted
Eosassiidae Bandel & Dockery, 2012 † · unaccepted
Lampusiidae R. B. Newton, 1891 · unaccepted
Lotoriidae G. F. Harris, 1897 · unaccepted
Neptunellinae Gray, 1854 · unaccepted
Nyctilochidae Dall, 1912 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Septidae Dall & C. T. Simpson, 1901 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Simpulidae Dautzenberg, 1900 · unaccepted
- Genus Argobuccinum Herrmannsen, 1846
- Genus Austrosassia H. J. Finlay, 1931
- Genus Austrotriton Cossmann, 1903
- Genus Cabestana Röding, 1798
- Genus Cassitriton Craig & Tracey, 2020 †
- Genus Cymatiella Iredale, 1924
- Genus Cymatium Röding, 1798
- Genus Cymatona Iredale, 1929
- Genus Distorsomina Beu, 1998
- Genus Eocymatium Beu, 1988 †
- Genus Eusassia Craig & Tracey, 2020 †
- Genus Fusitriton Cossmann, 1903
- Genus Gelagna Schaufuss, 1869
- Genus Gutturnium Mörch, 1852
- Genus Gyrineum Link, 1807
- Genus Halgyrineum Beu, 1998
- Genus Haurokoa C. A. Fleming, 1955 †
- Genus Linatella Gray, 1857
- Genus Lotoria W. K. Emerson & Old, 1963
- Genus Microsassia Craig & Tracey, 2020 †
- Genus Microtriton Craig & Tracey, 2020 †
- Genus Monoplex G. Perry, 1810
- Genus Nassitriton Craig & Tracey, 2020 †
- Genus Parasassia Craig & Tracey, 2020 †
- Genus Personella Conrad, 1865
- Genus Planitriton Craig & Tracey, 2020 †
- Genus Protoplex Craig & Tracey, 2020 †
- Genus Proxicharonia A. W. B. Powell, 1938
- Genus Pseudosassia Vicián & Z. Kovács, 2022 †
- Genus Ranularia Schumacher, 1817
- Genus Reticutriton Habe & Kosuge, 1966
- Genus Sassia Bellardi, 1873
- Genus Sassiella Craig & Tracey, 2020 †
- Genus Septa G. Perry, 1810
- Genus Turritriton Dall, 1904
- Genus Afrocanidea Connolly, 1929 accepted as Gutturnium Mörch, 1852 (synonym)
- Genus Apollon Montfort, 1810 accepted as Gyrineum Link, 1807
- Genus Aquillus Montfort, 1810 accepted as Cabestana Röding, 1798 (junior synonym)
- Genus Biplex Perry, 1810 accepted as Gyrineum Link, 1807
- Genus Cabestanimorpha Iredale, 1936 accepted as Monoplex G. Perry, 1810 (unavailable name: no description)
- Genus Charoniella Thiele, 1929 accepted as Austrotriton Cossmann, 1903
- Genus Charoniella A. W. B. Powell & Bartrum, 1929 accepted as Proxicharonia A. W. B. Powell, 1938 (invalid: published 30 Nov. and junior homonym of Charoniella Thiele, 1929 [before 21 Oct.]; Proxicharonia is a replacement name)
- Genus Cryotritonium E. von Martens, 1904 accepted as Fusitriton Cossmann, 1903 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Dolarium Schlüter, 1838 accepted as Cabestana Röding, 1798
- Genus Gondwanula Finlay, 1926 accepted as Argobuccinum Herrmannsen, 1846
- Genus Gyrinella Dall, 1924 accepted as Gyrineum Link, 1807
- Genus Lampusia Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Monoplex G. Perry, 1810 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Luterium Herrmannsen, 1847 accepted as Cymatium Röding, 1798 (emendation of Lotorium Montfort, 1810)
- Genus Monocirsus Cossmann, 1889 † accepted as Sassia Bellardi, 1873
- Genus Negyrina Iredale, 1929 accepted as Austrotriton Cossmann, 1903 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Paralagena Dall, 1904 accepted as Gelagna Schaufuss, 1869 (objective synonym)
- Genus Sassoia Rovereto, 1900 accepted as Sassia Bellardi, 1873 (unjustified emendation of Sassia)
- Genus Simpulum Mörch, 1852 accepted as Septa G. Perry, 1810
- Genus Tritocurrus R. P. Lesson, 1842 accepted as Cymatium Röding, 1798
- Genus Vernotriton Iredale, 1936 accepted as Cymatiella Iredale, 1924
- Subfamily Argobuccininae Kilias, 1973 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Iredale, T. (1913). The generic name to be used for <i>Murex tritonis</i> Linne. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 27(4): 55-56., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1752572
page(s): 56 [details]
page(s): 56 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cymatiidae Iredale, 1913 (1854). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196332 on 2025-05-19
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Nomenclature
original description
Iredale, T. (1913). The generic name to be used for <i>Murex tritonis</i> Linne. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 27(4): 55-56., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1752572
page(s): 56 [details]
original description (of Aquillidae Pilsbry, 1904) Pilsbry, H. A. (1904). New Japanese marine Mollusca: Gastropoda. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 56: 3-32 [10 February], 33-37 [18 February], 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26316442
page(s): 21 [details]
original description (of Nyctilochidae Dall, 1912) Dall, W. H. (1912). Note on the genus <i>Septa</i> Perry (<i>Triton</i> auct.). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 26(5): 59-59., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1738263
page(s): 59 [details]
original description (of Eosassiidae Bandel & Dockery, 2012 †) Bandel, K.; Dockery, D. T. (2012). Protoconch characters of Late Cretaceous Latrogastropoda (Neogastropoda and Neomesogastropoda) as an aid in the reconstruction of the phylogeny of the Neogastropoda. <em>Freiberger Forschungshefte, Ser. C.</em> 542 (20): 93-128.
page(s): 101; note: as Eosassinidae [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Golikov, A. N.; Kussakin, O. G. (1978). Shell-bearing gastropods of the intertidal zone of the seas of the USSR. [Голиков А.Н., Кусакин О.Г. 1978. Раковинные брюхоногие моллюски литорали морей СССР. Определители по фауне СССР, издаваемые Зоологическим институтом АН СССР, 116: 292 с.]. <em>Opredeliteli po faune SSSR, izdavayemye Zoologicheskim Institutom AN SSSR.</em> 116: 1-292 [In Russian]., available online at http://ashipunov.info/shipunov/school/books/golikov1978_rakov_brjukh_litorali_morei_sssr.djvu
page(s): 135 [details]
page(s): 56 [details]
original description (of Aquillidae Pilsbry, 1904) Pilsbry, H. A. (1904). New Japanese marine Mollusca: Gastropoda. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 56: 3-32 [10 February], 33-37 [18 February], 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26316442
page(s): 21 [details]
original description (of Nyctilochidae Dall, 1912) Dall, W. H. (1912). Note on the genus <i>Septa</i> Perry (<i>Triton</i> auct.). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 26(5): 59-59., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1738263
page(s): 59 [details]
original description (of Eosassiidae Bandel & Dockery, 2012 †) Bandel, K.; Dockery, D. T. (2012). Protoconch characters of Late Cretaceous Latrogastropoda (Neogastropoda and Neomesogastropoda) as an aid in the reconstruction of the phylogeny of the Neogastropoda. <em>Freiberger Forschungshefte, Ser. C.</em> 542 (20): 93-128.
page(s): 101; note: as Eosassinidae [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Golikov, A. N.; Kussakin, O. G. (1978). Shell-bearing gastropods of the intertidal zone of the seas of the USSR. [Голиков А.Н., Кусакин О.Г. 1978. Раковинные брюхоногие моллюски литорали морей СССР. Определители по фауне СССР, издаваемые Зоологическим институтом АН СССР, 116: 292 с.]. <em>Opredeliteli po faune SSSR, izdavayemye Zoologicheskim Institutom AN SSSR.</em> 116: 1-292 [In Russian]., available online at http://ashipunov.info/shipunov/school/books/golikov1978_rakov_brjukh_litorali_morei_sssr.djvu
page(s): 135 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 61(1-2): 1-526.
page(s): 84, 348 [details] Available for editors [request]
status source Strong E.E., Puillandre N., Beu A.G., Castelin M. & Bouchet P. (2019). Frogs and tuns and tritons – A molecular phylogeny and revised family classification of the predatory gastropod superfamily Tonnoidea (Caenogastropoda). <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 130: 18-34., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.09.016 [details]
page(s): 84, 348 [details] Available for editors
[request]status source Strong E.E., Puillandre N., Beu A.G., Castelin M. & Bouchet P. (2019). Frogs and tuns and tritons – A molecular phylogeny and revised family classification of the predatory gastropod superfamily Tonnoidea (Caenogastropoda). <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 130: 18-34., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.09.016 [details]
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
