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Pyramidellinae

Subfamily of sea snails From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pyramidellinae
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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

tribe Sayellini

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References

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