Marine Species Traits - Megalomastomatidae W. T. Blanford, 1864

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Megalomastomatidae W. T. Blanford, 1864

AphiaID

833800 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:833800)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Cyclophoroidea J. E. Gray, 1847

Original name

Megalomastomatinae W. T. Blanford, 1864

Synonymised names

Megalomastomatinae W. T. Blanford, 1864 · unaccepted > superseded rank

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Genus Aperostoma Troschel, 1847
Genus Cyclopomops Bartsch & J. P. E. Morrison, 1942
Genus Farcimen Troschel, 1847
Genus Farcimoides Bartsch, 1942
Genus Megalomastoma Swainson, 1840
Genus Neopupina Kobelt, 1902
Genus Tomocyclus Crosse & P. Fischer, 1872
Subfamily Cochlostomatinae Kobelt, 1902 accepted as Cochlostomatidae Kobelt, 1902 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
Subfamily Megalomastomatinae W. T. Blanford, 1864 accepted as Megalomastomatidae W. T. Blanford, 1864 (unaccepted > superseded rank)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Original description

(of Megalomastomatinae W. T. Blanford, 1864) Blanford, W. T. (1864). On the classification of the Cyclostomacea of eastern Asia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (3) 13(78): 441-465., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22217703
page(s): 465; note: original spelling Megalomastominae. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Megalomastomatidae W. T. Blanford, 1864. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=833800 on 2026-06-10

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Megalomastomatidae W. T. Blanford, 1864. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=833800 on 2026-06-10

Taxonomic edit history

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2015-02-09 19:48:37Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2023-04-01 05:12:09Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2025-01-26 11:20:34Z

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Herbert, David

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original description (of Megalomastomatinae W. T. Blanford, 1864) Blanford, W. T. (1864). On the classification of the Cyclostomacea of eastern Asia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (3) 13(78): 441-465., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22217703
page(s): 465; note: original spelling Megalomastominae. [details]

basis of record Golikov, A.N. & Starobogatov, Y.I. (1975). Systematics of prosobranch gastropods. Malacologia. 15(1): 185-232., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13122844
page(s): 210; note: ranked as family [details]

status source 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2012.02.004 [details] Available for editors

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Megalomastomatidae)
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