Granulinidae are a
family
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of small to medium-large
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the clade
Neogastropoda
Neogastropoda is an order of aquatic snails, both freshwater and marine gastropod molluscs.
Description
The available fossil record of Neogastropoda is relatively complete, and supports a widely accepted evolutionary scenario of an Early Cre ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Granulinidae G. A. Coovert & H. K. Coovert, 1995. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1355325 on 2020-06-05]
Genera
In 2019 the subfamily Granulininae has been raised to rank of family Granulinidae ''G. A. Coovert & H. K. Coovert, 1995'' (original rank).
This subfamily was originally placed in family
Cystiscidae
Cystiscidae is a taxonomic family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks.
Description
The shell is minute to large, either white, uniformly colored, or patterned; the surface is smooth, sculptured, or axially costat ...
by Coovert & Coovert (1995)
[Coovert G. A. & Coovert H. K. (1995). "Revision of the Supraspecific Classification of Marginelliform Gastropods". '']The Nautilus
''Nautilus'' is the fictional submarine belonging to Captain Nemo featured in Jules Verne's novels ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas'' (1870) and '' The Mysterious Island'' (1875).
Description
''Nautilus'' is described by Verne as ...
'' 109(2 & 3)
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110. but placed back in Marginellidae, following La Perna (1999) and based on the morphology of living animals.
*''
Granulina''
Jousseaume, 1888
*''
Granulinella''
Boyer, 2017
*''
Granulinopsis''
Boyer, 2017
*''
Hiwia''
Marwick, 1931 †
*''
Marginellopsis''
Bavay, 1911
*''
Paolaura''
Smriglio & Mariottini, 2001
*''
Pugnus''
Hedley, 1896
;Gnera brought into synonymy:
*''Cypraeolina''
Cerulli-Irelli, 1911: synonym of ''Granulina''
Jousseaume, 1888
*''Merovia''
Dall, 1921: synonym of ''Granulina''
Jousseaume, 1888
*''Microginella''
Laseron, 1957: synonym of ''Granulina''
Jousseaume, 1888
References
* Boyer F. (2017). ''Révision de l'organisation supra-spécifique des gastéropodes granuliniformes.'' Xenophora Taxonomy. 16: 25-38
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