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Diastomatidae

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Description

Diastomatidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cerithioidea.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diastomatidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3244694	https://www.gbif.org/species/3244694
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	60113	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=60113

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Diastomatidae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Sorbeoconcha : Diastomatidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
order	Sorbeoconcha	Ponder and Lindberg 1997
superfamily	Cerithioidea	(Férussac 1819)
family	Diastomatidae	(Cossmann 1894)

Scientific Name

Diastomatidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Diastomatidae	family	belongs to Cerithioidea	stated with evidence	Ponder and Warén, 1988
Diastomatidae	family	belongs to Cerithiacea	stated without evidence	Beu et al., 1990
Diastomatidae	family	belongs to Cerithioidea	stated with evidence	Pacaud and Le Renard, 1995
Diastomatidae	family	belongs to Cerithioidea	implied	Beesley, 1998
Diastomatidae	family	belongs to Caenogastropoda	stated without evidence	Wienrich, 2001
Diastomatidae	family	belongs to Cerithioidea	stated without evidence	Kosnik, 2002
Diastomatidae	family	belongs to Cerithioidea	stated with evidence	Harzhauser, 2004

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

4 (17%)

First Recorded Appearance

122 - 112 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Motility

actively mobile (based on Cerithioidea)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

grazer (based on Cerithioidea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

P. L. Beesley. 1998. Mollusca: the southern synthesis. Fauna of Australia 5

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diastomatidae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Diastomatinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		23	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Aurelianella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Dialopsis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Diastoma genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		84	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Ewekoroia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	61.6 Ma Paleocene	61.6 Ma Paleocene
Keilostoma ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		23	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	41.3 Ma Eocene
Finella genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		19	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Teleostoma genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Teliostoma ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1894	Diastomidae Cossmann
1988	Diastomidae Ponder and Warén p. 293
1990	Diastomatidae Beu et al. p. 406
1995	Diastomatidae Pacaud and Le Renard p. 154
1998	Diastomidae Beesley p. 729
2001	Diastomidae Wienrich p. 411
2002	Diastomatidae Kosnik
2004	Diastomatidae Harzhauser p. 123
2005	Diastomatidae Bouchet et al. p. 248

References

Beesley P. L. (1998) Mollusca: the southern synthesis, Fauna of Australia 5

Ponder W. F., Warén A. (1988) Appendix: classification of the Caenogastropoda and Heterostropha - a list of the family-group names and higher taxa, Malacological Review Suppl. 4, 288-326

Beu A. G., Maxwell P.A., et al (1990) Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 58

Pacaud J.-M., Le Renard J. (1995) Révision des Mollusques Paléogénes du Bassin de Paris. IV - Liste systématique actualisée, Cossmanniana 3 4, 155-187

Wienrich G. (2001) Die Fauna des marinen Miozäns von Kevelaer (Niederrhein), Gastropoda bis Cancellariidae 3, 385-639

Kosnik M. A. (2002) personal opinion.

Harzhauser M. (2004) Oligocene gastropod faunas for the Eastern Mediterranean (Mesohellenic Trough/Greece and Esfahan-Sirjan Basin/Central Iran), Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 248, 93-181

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P, et al (2005) A nomenclator and classification of gastropod family-group names, Malacologia 47 1-2, 1-368

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47(1-2): 1-397. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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. Paläontologie, Stratigraphie, Fazies (14), Freiberger Forschungshefte, C 511: 59-137 - via World Register of Marine Species

Bouchet, P., Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47(1-2): 1-397 ISBN 3-925919-72-4. - via World Register of Marine Species

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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