Eulimellini is a tribe of minute

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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

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, Van Aartsen & Corgan (1999) there are 17 genera in the Eulimellinae. As "Eulimellinae", this taxon was previously one of eleven recognised subfamilies of the

(according to the taxonomy of Ponder & Lindberg, 1997). In the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005), this subfamily Cingulininae was downgraded to the rank of

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, as Eulimellini, belonging to the subfamily Turbonillinae.

Genera

Genera within the tribe Eulimellini include: * '' Bacteridella'' Saurin, 1959 * '' Bacteridium'' Thiele, 1929 * '' Belonidium'' Cossmann, 1893 * ''

Careliopsis ''Careliopsis'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). ''Careliopsis'' Mörch, 1875. Accessed through: World ...

'' Mörch, 1875 * '' Discobasis'' Cossmann, 1888 * ''

Eulimella ''Eulimella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). ''Eulimella'' Forbes & M'Andrew, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...

'' Forbes & MacAndrew, 1846 - type genus of the tribe Eulimellini * '' Instarella'' Laseron, 1959 * ''

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. ...

'' Mifsud, 1999 * '' Koloonella'' Laseron, 1959 * '' Latavia'' Laseron, 1951 * '' Loxoptyxis'' Cossmann, 1888 * '' Paradoxella'' Laseron, 1951 * '' Raulostraca'' Oliver, 1915 * '' Saccoina'' Dall & Bartsch, 1904 * '' Tathrella'' Laseron, 1959 * '' Terelimella'' Laws, 1938 * ''

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'' Dall & Bartsch, 1904

References

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Taxonomy

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