Cingulinini is a

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of very small

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s in the family

Pyramidellidae Pyramidellidae, common name the pyram family, or pyramid shells, is a voluminous taxonomic family of mostly small and minute ectoparasitic sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs. The great majority of species of pyrams are micromol ...

, the pyrams and their allies.

Taxonomy

Cingulininae was first introduced by Saurin in 1959, and according to

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, Van Aartsen & Corgan (1999) it comprises seven genera; '' Cingulina'', '' Cinctigua'', '' Coemansia'', '' Paracingulina'', '' Polyspirella'', '' Pseudocingulina'' and '' Puncticingulina''. As Cingulininae it has been one of eleven recognized subfamilies of the

family

(according to the taxonomy of Ponder &

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, 1997), the pyrams and their allies. The other 10 subfamilies are

Odostomiinae Odostomiinae, ''Odostomia'' snails and their allies, is a taxonomic subfamily of minute parasitic sea snails. These are marine heterobranch gastropod mollusks, or micromollusks, in the family Pyramidellidae. Taxonomy The subfamily Odostomiinae h ...

Turbonillinae Turbonillinae is a subfamily of mostly minute parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.MolluscaBase (2018). Turbonillinae Bronn, 1849. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spe ...

Chrysallidinae Chrysallidinae is a taxonomic group of very small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. Taxonomy Chrysallidinae has been one of eleven recognized subfamilies of the gastropod family ...

Cyclostremellinae Cyclostremellini is a minor tribe, a taxonomic grouping, of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks, in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. Taxonomy Cyclostremellinae has been a subfamily one of ele ...

Sayellinae Sayellini is a taxonomic tribe of minute ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs, or micromollusks, in the very large family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. Taxonomy The subfamily Sayellinae is one of eleven recogn ...

Syrnolinae Syrnolininae is a subfamily of minute parasitic sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. Taxonomy According to the taxonomy of Ponder & Lindberg (1997), this was one of elev ...

Eulimellinae Eulimellini is a tribe of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. Taxonomy According to Schander, Van Aartsen & Corgan (1999) there are 17 genera in the Eulimellinae. As "Eulimel ...

Pyramidellinae Pyramidellinae is a taxonomic subfamily of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pyramidellinae. Accessed through: World Register of Marin ...

Odostomellinae Odostomellini is a taxonomic tribe of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs within the family Pyramidellidae the pyrams and their allies. Taxonomy Odostomellinae has been one of eleven recognised subfamilies of the family Pyramidelli ...

and

Tiberiinae ''Tiberia'' is a genus of minute parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. ''Tiberia'' is the only genus in the tribe Tiberiini. Taxonomy According to Schander, Van Aartsen & ...

. In the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005), this subfamily Cingulininae has been downgraded to the rank of

Cingulinini and belonging to the subfamily

Genera

Genera within the subfamily Cingulininae include: * '' Cingulina'' A. Adams, 1860 - type genus * '' Cinctiuga'' Laseron, 1951 : synonym of ''Odostomia (Cinctiuga)'' Laseron, C.F., 1951 * '' Coemansia'' Briart & Cornet, 1873 * '' Paracingulina'' Nomura, 1936 * '' Polyspirella''

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in Gould, 1861 * '' Pseudocingulina'' Nomura, 1936 * '' Puncticingulina'' Nomura, 1936

Problematic genera

The following genera are difficult to place within the group Cingulininae +

: * '' Atomiscala'' DeBoury, 1909 * '' Hamarilla'' Eames & Wilkins, 1957 * ''

Kejdonia ''Kejdonia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.WoRMS (2010). ''Kejdonia'' Mifsud, 1999. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. A ...

'' (''Pseudographis'') Mifsud, 1998 * '' Rissopsetia''

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, 1956

References

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