Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda | Phylum Mollusca Rank Subfamily | |
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Similar Pyramidella, Ondina, Pyramidellidae, Amathinidae, Odostomia | ||
Pyramidellinae is a taxonomic subfamily of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
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Taxonomy
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.
2005 taxonomy
In the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005), this subfamily consists of the following tribes, adding the tribe Sayellini containing only two genera Sayella and Petitella.
Genera
According to Schander, Van Aartsen & Corgen (1999) there are 12 genera within the Pyramidellinae:
tribe Pyramidellini
tribe Sayellini