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Pyramidellinae
Subfamily of sea snails From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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. [2]
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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),[3] 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
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Genera
According to Schander, Van Aartsen & Corgen (1999)[4] 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[5]
- Milda Dall & Bartsch, 1904
- Otopleura Fischer, 1885[6]
- Pharcidella Dall, 1889: synonym of Longchaeus Mörch, 1875
- Pyramidella Gray, 1840 - type genus of the tribe family Pyramidellidae[3]
- Triptychus Mörch, 1875[7]
- Urambella Laseron, 1959: synonym of Pyramidella Lamarck, 1799
- Voluspa (gastropod) Dall & Bartsch, 1904;: synonym of Longchaeus Mörch, 1875
tribe Sayellini
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