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