Granulinidae are a
family
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of small to medium-large
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 ...
s,
marine
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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 ...
mollusk
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s in the clade
Neogastropoda
Neogastropoda is an order of sea snails, both freshwater and marine gastropod molluscs.
Description
The available fossil record of Neogastropoda is relatively complete, and supports a widely accepted evolutionary scenario of an Early Creta ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Granulinidae G. A. Coovert & H. K. Coovert, 1995. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1355325 on 2020-06-05]
Genera
In 2019 the subfamily Granulininae has been raised to rank of family Granulinidae ''G. A. Coovert & H. K. Coovert, 1995'' (original rank).
This subfamily was originally placed in family
Cystiscidae
Cystiscidae is a taxonomic family of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks.
Description
The shell is minute to large, either white, uniformly colored, or patterned; the surface is smooth, sculptured, or axially costate; ...
by Coovert & Coovert (1995)
[Coovert G. A. & Coovert H. K. (1995). "Revision of the Supraspecific Classification of Marginelliform Gastropods". '' The Nautilus'' 109(2 & 3)]
43
110. but placed back in Marginellidae, following La Perna (1999) and based on the morphology of living animals.
*''
Granulina''
Jousseaume, 1888
*''
Granulinella''
Boyer, 2017
*''
Granulinopsis''
Boyer, 2017
*''
Hiwia''
Marwick, 1931 †
*''
Marginellopsis''
Bavay, 1911
*''
Paolaura''
Smriglio & Mariottini, 2001
*''
Pugnus''
Hedley, 1896
;Gnera brought into synonymy:
*''Cypraeolina''
Cerulli-Irelli, 1911: synonym of ''Granulina''
Jousseaume, 1888
*''Merovia''
Dall, 1921: synonym of ''Granulina''
Jousseaume, 1888
*''Microginella''
Laseron, 1957: synonym of ''Granulina''
Jousseaume, 1888
References
* Boyer F. (2017). ''Révision de l'organisation supra-spécifique des gastéropodes granuliniformes.'' Xenophora Taxonomy. 16: 25-38
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