Cingulininae

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Cingulininae

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Orthogastropoda
Superorder:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Heterostropha
Superfamily:	Pyramidelloidea
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Subfamily:	Cingulininae Saurin, 1959

Genera

See text.

Cingulininae is a taxonomic subfamily of very small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks. It is one of eleven recognised subfamilies of the gastropod family Pyramidellidae (according to the taxonomy of Ponder & Lindberg, 1997), the pyrams and their allies. The other 10 subfamilies are Odostomiinae, Turbonillinae, Chrysallidinae, Cyclostremellinae, Sayellinae, Syrnolinae, Eulimellinae, Pyramidellinae, Odostomellinae and Tiberiinae.

Cingulininae was first introduced by Saurin in 1959, and according to Schander, Van Aartsen & Corgan (1999) it consists seven genera; Cingulina, Cinctigua, Coemansia, Paracingulina, Polyspirella, Pseudocingulina, and, Puncticingulina.

In the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005), this subfamily Cingulininae has been downgraded to the rank of tribe Cingulinini Saurin, 1958 and belonging to the subfamily Turbonillinae.

[edit] Genera in the subfamily Cingulininae

Cingulina A. Adams, 1860 (Type genus)
Cinctigua Laseron, 1951
Coemansia Briart & Cornet, 1873
Paracingulina Nomura, 1936
Polyspirella Carpenter in Gould, 1861
Pseudocingulina Nomura, 1936
Puncticingulina Nomura, 1936

[edit] Problematic genera within the family Turbonillidae

The following genera are currently difficult to place within the family Turbonillidae (= Cingulininae +Eulimellinae + Turbonillinae)

Atomiscala DeBoury, 1909
Hamarilla Eames & Wilkins, 1957
Pseudographis Mifsud, 1998
Rissopsetia Dell, 1956

[edit] References

Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia 47 (1-2): 1–397.
Ponder, W.F. & Lindberg, D. R. (1997). "Towards a phylogeny of gastropod molluscs: an analysis using morphological characters". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 119: 88–265.
Saurin, E. (1959). "Pyramidellidae de Nha-Trang (Viet-Nam)". Annales de la Faculté des Sciences de Saigon 40: 223–283.
Schander, C., van Aartsen, J. J., Corgan, J. C. (1999). "Families and genera of the Pyramidelloidea (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". Bollettino Malacologico 34 (9-12): 145–166.