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Diastoma

Gastropoda - Diastomatidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Diastoma Deshayes
1894Diastoma Cossmann p. 322
1922Diastoma Woods p. 92
1967Diastoma Abbass p. 34
1993Diastoma Wilson p. 126
1995Diastoma Pacaud and Le Renard p. 154
2002Diastoma Sepkoski
2004Diastoma Harzhauser p. 123
2005Diastoma Bouchet et al. pp. 65, 248

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyDiastomatidae(Cossmann 1894)
genusDiastomaDeshayes 1850

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Diastoma Deshayes 1850
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†Diastoma acuminiense Cossmann 1882
†Diastoma acumininense Cossmann 1882
†Diastoma americanum Woods 1922
†Diastoma costellatum Lamarck 1804
†Diastoma elaenia Olsson 1929
†Diastoma elongatum Brongniart 1823
Diastoma fastigiata Carpenter 1864
†Diastoma insulaemaris Pilsbry and Harbison 1933
†Diastoma multispiratum Cossmann 1881
†Diastoma ornatum Douvillé 1916
†Diastoma rakhiensis Eames 1952
†Diastoma sameri Abbass 1967
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:17:16
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:17:16
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 122.46000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.0 Ma

Collections (69 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Egypt D. ornate (151613)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Egypt D. ornatum (171274 171276)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Egypt D. ornata (98327) D. ornatum (161579)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Spain D. variculosum (75320 75321 75322 75323 75325 75327 75340 75344 75353 75383 75396 75399 75409)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Picardie) D. inerme, D. costellatum (178083)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) D. sp., D. costellatum (8124)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France D. costellatum (171526) Melania costellata (184107)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Hungary D. roncanum (171635) D. sp. (78020)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Colombia (Bolivar) D. elaenia (3311)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France D. inerme, D. interruptum, D. costellatum (78567)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Île-de-France) D. interruptum (179130)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Oise) D. interruptum (3494)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Pakistan D. rakhiensis (8676)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Egypt D. sameri (2959)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain D. costellatum (141924 142111)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Barbados D. sp. (205150)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Florida) D. sp. (41475 61109 91879)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) D. costellata (10703)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Italy D. alpinum (78617) D. alpinum, D. costellatum (78565)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Colombia (Sucre) D. elaenia (42839)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Colombia D. sp. (42790)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Italy D. costellatum (81044)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Georgia) D. georgiana (60832)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Greece D. elongatum (74630)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Iran D. elongatum (76199) D. sp. (111335)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Hungary D. grateloupi (8338 41533 41534)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Hungary D. grateloupi (8211)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (New Jersey) Cerithidea insulaemaris (59722)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Australia (Western Australia) D. sp. (70724)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Delaware) D. insulaemaris (18579)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Australia (Western Australia) D. sp. (34466 34467)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Dominican Republic D. sp. (74958)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Australia (South Australia) D. provisi (63432 63433 63434 63435 63436 63439 63441 63442 63443)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Australia (South Australia) D. adelaidense, D. melanoides (63379)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) D. sp. (207886 222663)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) D. fastigiata (226458)