Pyramidellinae
Subfamily of sea snails
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::summary Subfamily of sea snails ::
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Pyramidellinae is a taxonomic subfamily of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
Taxonomy
It is one of eleven recognised subfamilies of the marine gastropod family Pyramidellidae (according to the taxonomy of Ponder & Lindberg, 1997), which are as follows: Odostomiinae, Turbonillinae, Chrysallidinae, Cingulininae, Cyclostremellinae, Sayellinae, Syrnolinae, Eulimellinae, Pyramidellinae, Odostomellinae and Tiberiinae.
2005 taxonomy
In the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005), this subfamily consists of the following tribes, adding the tribe Sayellini containing only two genera Sayella and Petitella.
- Tribe Pyramidellini Gray, 1840
- Tribe Sayellini Wise, 1996 - former subfamily Sayellinae
Genera
According to Schander, Van Aartsen & Corgen (1999){{cite journal | author = Schander, C. | author-link = Schander | author2 = van Aartsen, J. J. | author3 = Corgan, J. C. | date = 1999 | title = Families and genera of the Pyramidelloidea (Mollusca: Gastropoda) | journal = Bollettino Malacologico | volume =34 | issue = 9–12 | pages = 145–166 | issn = | doi = there are 12 genera within the Pyramidellinae:
tribe Pyramidellini
- Callolongchaeus Dall, 1903: synonym of Longchaeus Mörch, 1875
- Creonella Wade, 1917
- Lacrimiforma Sohl, 1963
- Locklinia Bartsch, 1955
- Longchaeus Mörch, 1875
- Milda Dall & Bartsch, 1904
- Otopleura Fischer, 1885
- Pharcidella Dall, 1889: synonym of Longchaeus Mörch, 1875
- Pyramidella Gray, 1840 - type genus of the tribe family Pyramidellidae
- Triptychus Mörch, 1875
- Urambella Laseron, 1959: synonym of Pyramidella Lamarck, 1799
- Voluspa (gastropod) Dall & Bartsch, 1904;: synonym of Longchaeus Mörch, 1875 tribe Sayellini Main article: Sayellini
References
References
- MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pyramidellinae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224522 on 2021-02-26
- {{Bouchet 2005
- WoRMS (2010). ''Longchaeus''. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415578 on 2011-03-16
- WoRMS (2010). ''Otopleura''. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204418 on 2011-03-16
- WoRMS (2010). ''Triptychus'' Mörch, 1875. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=416104 on 2011-03-16
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