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 J. E. 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 Cymatiella Iredale, 1924
- Genus Cymatium Röding, 1798
- Genus Cymatona Iredale, 1929
- Genus Distorsomina Beu, 1998
- Genus Fusitriton Cossmann, 1903
- Genus Gelagna Schaufuss, 1869
- Genus Gutturnium Mörch, 1852
- Genus Gyrineum Link, 1807
- Genus Halgyrineum Beu, 1998
- Genus Linatella J. E. Gray, 1857
- Genus Lotoria W. K. Emerson & Old, 1963
- Genus Monoplex G. Perry, 1810
- Genus Personella Conrad, 1865
- Genus Proxicharonia A. W. B. Powell, 1938
- Genus Ranularia Schumacher, 1817
- Genus Reticutriton T. Habe & Kosuge, 1966
- Genus Sassia Bellardi, 1873
- Genus Septa G. Perry, 1810
- Genus Turritriton Dall, 1904
- Subfamily Argobuccininae Kilias, 1973 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Genus Afrocanidea Connolly, 1929 accepted as Gutturnium Mörch, 1852 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Apollon Montfort, 1810 accepted as Gyrineum Link, 1807 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Aquillus Montfort, 1810 accepted as Cabestana Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Genus Biplex G. Perry, 1810 accepted as Gyrineum Link, 1807 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Cabestanimorpha Iredale, 1936 accepted as Monoplex G. Perry, 1810 (unavailable name: no description)
- 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 Cymatilesta Iredale, 1936 accepted as Cabestana Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Dolarium Schlüter, 1838 accepted as Cabestana Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Gondwanula H. J. Finlay, 1926 accepted as Argobuccinum Herrmannsen, 1846 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Gyrinella Dall, 1924 accepted as Gyrineum Link, 1807 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Lampusia Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Monoplex G. Perry, 1810 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Lotorium Montfort, 1810 accepted as Cymatium Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Genus Luterium Herrmannsen, 1847 accepted as Cymatium Röding, 1798 (emendation of Lotorium Montfort, 1810)
- Genus Negyrina Iredale, 1929 accepted as Austrotriton Cossmann, 1903 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Neptunella J. E. Gray, 1854 accepted as Cabestana Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Genus Paralagena Dall, 1904 accepted as Gelagna Schaufuss, 1869 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Genus Particymatium Iredale, 1936 accepted as Turritriton Dall, 1904 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Phanozesta Iredale, 1936 accepted as Sassia Bellardi, 1873 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Retusum Jousseaume, 1892 accepted as Ranularia Schumacher, 1817 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Sassoia Rovereto, 1900 accepted as Sassia Bellardi, 1873 (unjustified emendation of Sassia)
- Genus Simpulum Mörch, 1852 accepted as Septa G. Perry, 1810 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Tritocurrus R. P. Lesson, 1842 accepted as Cymatium Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Tritoniscus Dall, 1904 accepted as Turritriton Dall, 1904 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Tritonocauda Dall, 1904 accepted as Ranularia Schumacher, 1817 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Vernotriton Iredale, 1936 accepted as Cymatiella Iredale, 1924 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
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. (2026). MolluscaBase. Cymatiidae Iredale, 1913 (1854). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196332 on 2026-04-12
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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 Lotoriidae G. F. Harris, 1897) Harris, G. F. (1897). Catalogue of Tertiary Mollusca in the Department of Geology, British Museum (Natural History). Part I. The Australasian Tertiary Mollusca. London: British Museum (Natural History). xxvi + 406 pp., 6 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8400599
page(s): 185 [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].
page(s): 135 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 56 [details]
original description (of Lotoriidae G. F. Harris, 1897) Harris, G. F. (1897). Catalogue of Tertiary Mollusca in the Department of Geology, British Museum (Natural History). Part I. The Australasian Tertiary Mollusca. London: British Museum (Natural History). xxvi + 406 pp., 6 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8400599
page(s): 185 [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].
page(s): 135 [details] Available for editors
[request]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., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.061.0201
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] Available for editors [request]
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] Available for editors
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