WoRMS taxon details
Diastomatidae Cossmann, 1894
411646 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:411646)
accepted
Family
Diastomatinae Cossmann, 1894 · unaccepted
- Genus Diastoma Deshayes, 1850
- Subfamily Diastomatinae Cossmann, 1894 accepted as Diastomatidae Cossmann, 1894
- Genus Neodiastoma Cotton, 1932 accepted as Diastoma Deshayes, 1850
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Cossmann M. (1894 ["1893"]). Révision sommaire de la faune du terrain Oligocène marin aux environs d'Étampes (suite). <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 41(4): 297-363, pl. 10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15861920
page(s): 322; note: original spelling Diastomidae. [details]
page(s): 322; note: original spelling Diastomidae. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Diastomatidae Cossmann, 1894. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411646 on 2026-06-15
Date
action
by
2009-08-13 07:23:33Z
created
db_admin
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
Nomenclature
original description
Cossmann M. (1894 ["1893"]). Révision sommaire de la faune du terrain Oligocène marin aux environs d'Étampes (suite). <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 41(4): 297-363, pl. 10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15861920
page(s): 322; note: original spelling Diastomidae. [details]
basis of record Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors
[request]
page(s): 322; note: original spelling Diastomidae. [details]
basis of record Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
additional source
Bandel, K. (2006). Families of the Cerithioidea and related superfamilies (Palaeo-Caenogastropoda; Mollusca) from the Triassic to the Recent characterized by protoconch morphology – including the description of new taxa. <em>Paläontologie, Stratigraphie, Fazies (14), Freiberger Forschungshefte.</em> C 511: 59-137. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]From editor or global species database
Classification Bandel (2006) recognized a family Bittiidae Cossmann, 1906 [which should then be named Diastomatidae Cossmann, 1894 on the grounds of priority] with five subfamilies Bittiinae Cossmann, 1906 (usually placed in Cerithiidae following Houbrick, 1993), Finellinae Thiele, 1931, Alabininae Dall, 1927, Dialinae Kay, 1979 and Diastomatinae Cossmann, 1894. This contradicts Ponder (1994) who grouped Finella with Scaliola A. Adams, 1860 in a separate family Scaliolidae Jousseaume, 1912 [Scaliolidae is nevertheless kept distinct by Bandel (2006: 76) on the basis of having a shell agglutinating sand-grains]. It also contradicts Houbrick (1993) who holds the Bittiinae as a subfamily of the Cerithiidae.
It seems premature to reflect this scheme, which upsets current usage, in the WoRMS classification until shell characters are cross-checked wit at least anoter independent (e.g. molecular) set of characters. [details]
