Pruninae is a taxonomic subfamily within the larger family of
Marginellidae
Marginellidae, or the margin shells, are a taxonomic family of small, often colorful, sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Neogastropoda.
Taxonomy
The higher classification of the family Marginellidae has long been in a state o ...
, a group of small
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
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusc
Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...
s in the superfamily
Volutoidea
Volutoidea is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic Taxonomic rank, superfamily of predatory sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Volutoidea Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed ...
.
Genera
* ''
Balanetta''
Jousseaume, 1875
* ''
Bullata''
Jousseaume, 1875
* ''
Closia''
Gray
Grey (more frequent in British English) or gray (more frequent in American English) is an intermediate color between black and white. It is a neutral or achromatic color, meaning that it has no chroma. It is the color of a cloud-covered s ...
, 1857
* ''
Cryptospira''
Hinds
Hinds may refer to:
Places
*Hinds, New Zealand, a small town
*Hinds County, Mississippi, a US county
*Hinds Lake, a lake in Minnesota
*Hinds River, a river that flows through Hinds, New Zealand
Other
* A plural of deer, especially female deer (do ...
, 1844
* ''
Hyalina''
Schumacher
Schumacher or Schuhmacher is an occupational surname (German, "shoemaker", pronounced , both variants can be used as surnames, with Schumacher being the more popular one, however, only the variant with three "h"s can also be used as a job descript ...
, 1817
* ''
Mirpurina''
Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 2019
* ''
Prunum''
Herrmannsen, 1852
* ''
Rivomarginella''
Brandt, 1968
;Genera brought into synonymy:
* ''Egouana'': synonym of ''Egouena''
Jousseaume, 1875: synonym of ''Prunum''
Herrmannsen, 1852 (invalid: incorrect alternative original spelling)
* ''Egouena''
Jousseaume, 1875: synonym of ''Prunum''
Herrmannsen, 1852
* ''Gibberulina''
Monterosato, 1884: synonym of ''Bullata''
Jousseaume, 1875
* ''Leptegouana''
Woodring, 1928: synonym of ''Prunum''
Herrmannsen, 1852
* ''Porcellanella''
Conrad, 1863 †: synonym of ''Prunum''
Herrmannsen, 1852 ( invalid: junior homonym of ''Porcellanella''
White, 1852 rustacea)
* ''Volutella''
Swainson, 1831: synonym of ''Bullata''
Jousseaume, 1875 (invalid: junior homonym of ''Volutella''
Perry, 1810 asidae
References
External links
A.E., Caballer Gutierrez M., Buge B., Sorokin P.V., Puillandre N., Bouchet P. (2019 [20 September]). Mapping the missing branch on the neogastropod tree of life: molecular phylogeny of marginelliform gastropods. Journal of Molluscan Studies.
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Marginellidae