Megalomastomatidae Explained

Megalomastomatidae is a family of tropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cyclophoroidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Genera

Genera within the family Megalomastomatidae include:

• Cyclopomops Bartsch & J. P. E. Morrison, 1942
• Farcimen Troschel, 1847^[1]
• Farcimoides Bartsch, 1942
  • Hainesia L. Pfeffer, 1856:^[2] belongs to the subfamily Cyclophoridae incertae sedis Megalomastoma Swainson, 1840 - the type genus of the family Megalomastomatidae
• Neopupina Kobelt, 1902
• Tomocyclus Crosse & P. Fischer, 1872

Synonyms:

• Cyclopoma Troschel, 1847: synonym of Cyclopomops Bartsch & J. P. E. Morrison, 1942 (invalid: not Agassiz, 1833 [Pisces]; Cyclopomops is a replacement name)
• Cyrtotoma Mörch, 1852: synonym of Aperostoma Troschel, 1847 (invalid: objective junior synonym)
• Habropoma Crosse & P. Fischer, 1880: synonym of Aperostoma Troschel, 1847 (invalid: objective junior synonym)
• Lomastoma S. P. Woodward, 1856: synonym of Megalomastoma Swainson, 1840
• Megaloma S. P. Woodward, 1854: synonym of Megalomastoma Swainson, 1840
• Megalostoma [sic]: synonym of Megalomastoma Swainson, 1840 (misspelling of original genus name, Megalomastoma Swainson, 1840)
• Megalostomatinae [sic]: synonym of Megalomastomatinae W. T. Blanford, 1864 (misspelling)
• Subfamily Cochlostomatinae Kobelt, 1902: synonym of Cochlostomatidae Kobelt, 1902
• Subfamily Neopupininae Kobelt, 1902: synonym of Megalomastomatinae W. T. Blanford, 1864

References

• 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.

Notes and References

1. http://www.ecosis.cu/cenbio/biodiversidadcuba/fauna/mollusca.htm "Mollusca"
2. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=119696 "Megalomastomatidae"