Pyramidellinae

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Pyramidellinae
Pyramidella maculosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Orthogastropoda Order: Heterostropha Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea Family: Pyramidellidae Subfamily: Pyramidellinae Gray, 1840
Genera
See text.
Synonyms
Obeliscidae A. Adams, 1863 Plotiidae Focart, 1951

Pyramidellinae is a taxonomic subfamily of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.

It is one of eleven recognised subfamilies of the marine gastropod family Pyramidellidae (according to the taxonomy of Ponder & Lindberg, 1997), which are as follows: Odostomiinae, Turbonillinae, Chrysallidinae, Cingulininae, Cyclostremellinae, Sayellinae, Syrnolinae, Eulimellinae, Pyramidellinae, Odostomellinae and Tiberiinae.

However, in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005), this subfamily consists of the following tribes , adding the tribe Sayellini containing only two genera Sayella Dall, 1885 and Petitilla Wise, 1997 :

• • Tribe Pyramidellini Gray, 1840 (= subfamily Pyramidellinae)
  • Tribe Sayellini Wise, 1996 (= subfamily Sayellinae)

According to Schander, Van Aartsen & Corgen (1999) there are 12 genera within the Pyramidellinae.

[edit] Genera

• Pyramidella Gray, 1840 (Type genus)
• Callolongchaeus Dall, 1903
• Creonella Wade, 1917
• Lacrimiforma Sohl, 1963
• Locklinia Bartsch, 1955
• Longchaeus Mörch, 1875
• Milda Dall & Bartsch, 1904
• Otopleura Fischer, 1885
• Pharcidella Dall, 1889
• Triptychus Mörch, 1875
• Voluspa Dall & Bartsch, 1904
• Urambella Laseron, 1959

[edit] References

• Pyramidellidae (TSN 75446). Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia 47 (1-2): 1–397. 
• Gray, J. E. (1840). Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum, 42th edition. London, 370 pp. 
• Gray, J. E. (1840). Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum, 42th edition. London, 370 pp. 
• 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.