Pyramidellinae is a taxonomic subfamily of minute sea snails, marine gastropod

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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 micr ...

, the pyrams and their allies. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pyramidellinae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224522 on 2021-02-26

Taxonomy

It is one of eleven recognised subfamilies of the marine gastropod family

(according to the taxonomy of Ponder & Lindberg, 1997), which are as follows: Odostomiinae, Turbonillinae,

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 famil ...

Cingulininae Cingulinini is a taxonomic tribe of very small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. Taxonomy Cingulininae was first introduced by Saurin in 1959, and according to Schander, Van Aa ...

, Cyclostremellinae, Sayellinae, Syrnolinae, Eulimellinae, Pyramidellinae,

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 Pyramidel ...

and Tiberiinae.

2005 taxonomy

In the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005), this subfamily consists of the following

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s, adding the tribe Sayellini containing only two genera '' Sayella'' and '' Petitella''. *Tribe Pyramidellini Gray, 1840 *Tribe Sayellini Wise, 1996 - former subfamily Sayellinae

Genera

According to Schander, Van Aartsen & Corgen (1999) there are 12 genera within the Pyramidellinae: tribe Pyramidellini * ''Callolongchaeus''

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, 1903: synonym of '' Longchaeus'' Mörch, 1875 * '' Creonella'' Wade, 1917 * '' Lacrimiforma'' Sohl, 1963 * '' Locklinia'' Bartsch, 1955 * '' Longchaeus'' Mörch, 1875 * '' Milda''

& Bartsch, 1904 * '' Otopleura'' Fischer, 1885 * ''Pharcidella''

, 1889: synonym of '' Longchaeus'' Mörch, 1875 * '' Pyramidella'' Gray, 1840 -

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of the tribe family Pyramidellidae * '' Triptychus'' Mörch, 1875WoRMS (2010). ''Triptychus'' Mörch, 1875. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=416104 on 2011-03-16 * ''Urambella'' Laseron, 1959: synonym of '' Pyramidella'' Lamarck, 1799 * ''Voluspa (gastropod)''

& Bartsch, 1904;: synonym of '' Longchaeus'' Mörch, 1875 tribe Sayellini

References

External links

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q7263342 Pyramidellidae Taxa named by John Edward Gray