diff --git a/src/lib/iter-adapter-stl.hpp b/src/lib/iter-adapter-stl.hpp
index 86e23cb70..632f63bd7 100644
--- a/src/lib/iter-adapter-stl.hpp
+++ b/src/lib/iter-adapter-stl.hpp
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@
 
 #include "lib/iter-adapter.hpp"
 
-/////////////////////////TODO remove
-#include "lib/itertools.hpp"
-/////////////////////////TODO remove
 
 
 
@@ -177,6 +174,8 @@ namespace iter_stl {
           
           typedef RangeIter<PickKeyIter> KeyIter;
           typedef RangeIter<PickValIter> ValIter;
+          
+          typedef DistinctIter<KeyIter> DistinctKeys;
       };
     
     
@@ -243,13 +242,33 @@ namespace iter_stl {
   }
   
   
-  /**
+  /** @return Lumiera Forward Iterator to yield
+   *          the distinct keys from a multimap
+   *  @warning full scan of all keys, dropping repetitions
    */
   template<class MAP>
-  inline typename _MapT<MAP>::KeyIter
-  eachDistinctKey (MAP)
+  inline typename _MapT<MAP>::DistinctKeys
+  eachDistinctKey (MAP& map)
   {
-    UNIMPLEMENTED ("each distinct key a multimap as Lumiera Forward Iterator");
+    return typename _MapT<MAP>::DistinctKeys (eachKey (map));
+  }
+  
+  
+  /** @return Lumiera Forward Iterator to yield
+   *          the distinct keys from a multimap
+   *  @warning full scan of all keys, dropping repetitions
+   */
+  template<class MMAP, typename KEY>
+  inline typename _MapT<MMAP>::ValIter
+  eachValForKey (MMAP& multimap, KEY key)
+  {
+    typedef typename _MapT<MMAP>::EntryIter Pos;
+    typedef typename _MapT<MMAP>::ValIter Range;
+    typedef typename _MapT<MMAP>::PickValIter PickVal;
+    
+    std::pair<Pos,Pos> valRange = multimap.equal_range (key);
+    
+    return Range (PickVal (valRange.first), PickVal (valRange.second));
   }
   
   
diff --git a/src/lib/test/test-coll.hpp b/src/lib/test/test-coll.hpp
index 8053fce37..09578d5fb 100644
--- a/src/lib/test/test-coll.hpp
+++ b/src/lib/test/test-coll.hpp
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ namespace test{
   typedef std::map<int,int> MapII;
   typedef std::multimap<int,int> MMapII;
   
-  typedef std::tr1::unordered_map<int,int> HMap;
-  typedef std::tr1::unordered_multimap<int,int> HMMap;
+  typedef std::tr1::unordered_map<int,int> HMapII;
+  typedef std::tr1::unordered_multimap<int,int> HMMapII;
   
   
   template<class MAP>
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ namespace test{
   {
     MUMAP map;
     for (uint i=0; i<NUM_ELMS; ++i)
-      for (uint j=NUM_ELMS; j; --j)
+      for (uint j=NUM_ELMS-i; j; --j)
         map.insert (std::make_pair (i, j));
     
     return map;
diff --git a/tests/lib/iter-adapter-stl-test.cpp b/tests/lib/iter-adapter-stl-test.cpp
index a2079644a..c308594e4 100644
--- a/tests/lib/iter-adapter-stl-test.cpp
+++ b/tests/lib/iter-adapter-stl-test.cpp
@@ -94,13 +94,21 @@ namespace test{
           if (0 < arg.size()) NUM_ELMS = lexical_cast<uint> (arg[0]);
           
           checkDistinctValIter();
+          
           iterateMapKeyVal (getTestMap_int<MapII> (NUM_ELMS));
+          iterateMapKeyVal (getTestMap_int<HMapII> (NUM_ELMS));
+          
+          iterateMapKeyVal (getTestMultiMap_int<MMapII> (NUM_ELMS));
+          iterateMapKeyVal (getTestMultiMap_int<HMMapII> (NUM_ELMS));
+          
+          iterateValues4Key (getTestMultiMap_int<MMapII> (NUM_ELMS));
+          iterateValues4Key (getTestMultiMap_int<HMMapII> (NUM_ELMS));
         }
       
       
       template<class MAP>
       void
-      iterateMapKeyVal(MAP const& map)
+      iterateMapKeyVal (MAP const& map)
         { 
           PRINT_FUNC (iterateMapKeyVal, MAP);
           
@@ -110,6 +118,19 @@ namespace test{
         }
       
       
+      template<class MMAP>
+      void
+      iterateValues4Key (MMAP const& mumap)
+        {
+          PRINT_FUNC (iterateValues4Key, MMAP);
+          
+          TEST_ITER (iter::eachValForKey, (mumap, 0));
+          
+          // non-existing key should yield empty iterator
+          CHECK (! iter::eachValForKey (mumap, NUM_ELMS));  
+        }
+      
+      
       void
       checkDistinctValIter()
         {