Cingulopsidae is a family of

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

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gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusc Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...

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Littorinimorpha. According to taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Cingulopsidae has no subfamilies.

Genera and species

Genera and species within the Cingulopsidae include: * † '' Dieretostoma'' Cossmann, 1888 * ''

Eatonina ''Eatonina'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cingulopsidae Cingulopsidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha Littorinimorpha is a large order of snails, ...

'' Thiele, 1912 * ''

Pickenia ''Pickenia'' is a monotypic genus of minute sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cingulopsidae. The only known species is ''Pickenia signyensis'', found on Signy Island in the South Orkney Islands. Description The maximum rec ...

'' Ponder, 1983 * '' Pseudopisinna'' Ponder & Yoo, 1980 * ''

Skenella ''Skenella'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cingulopsidae Cingulopsidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha Littorinimorpha is a large order of snail ...

'' Pfeffer, 1886 * ''

Tubbreva ''Tubbreva'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cingulopsidae. Species * '' Tubbreva exaltata'' * '' Tubbreva exigua'' * '' Tubbreva insignificans'' * ''Tubbreva micrometrica ''Tubbreva micrometrica' ...

'' Ponder, 1965 ** '' Tubbreva exaltata'' ** ''

Tubbreva micrometrica ''Tubbreva micrometrica'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cingulopsidae Cingulopsidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha Littorinimorpha is a large ...

'' Aradas & Benoit, 1876 ;Genera brought into synonymy: * ''Cingulopsis'' Fretter & Patil, 1958: synonym of ''

'' Thiele, 1912 * ''

Coriandria ''Eatonina'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cingulopsidae Cingulopsidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha Littorinimorpha is a large order of snails, ...

'' Tomlin, 1917: synonym of ''

'' Thiele, 1912 * ''Eatoniopsis'' Ponder, 1965: synonym of ''

'' Pfeffer, 1886 * ''Microsetia'' Monterosato, 1884: synonym of ''

'' Thiele, 1912

References

* Fretter V. & Patil A.M. 1958. ''A revision of the systematic position of the prosobranch gastropod Cingulopsis (= Cingula) fulgida (J. Adams).'' Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 33: 114–126. * Ponder W.F. (1965). A revision of the New Zealand recent species previously known as Notosetia Iredale, 1915 (Rissoidae, Gastropoda). Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 6(2): 101-131 * Ponder W.F. (1989). Mediterranean Cingulopsidae, a relict eastern Tethyan fauna (Gastropoda, Cingulopsidae). . Bollettino Malacologico 25 (1-4): 85-90

External links

Ponder, W.F.; Yoo, E.K. (1981 [1980
. A review of the genera of Cingulopsidae with a revision of the Australian and tropical Indo-Pacific species (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Prosobranchia). Records of the Australian Museum. 33: 1-88
Bouchet, P., Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families
Malacologia. 47(1-2): 1-397. Cingulopsidae"> {{Cingulopsidae-stub