Granulinidae

Granulinidae are a family of small to medium-large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda.

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 by Coovert & Coovert (1995) but placed back in Marginellidae, following La Perna (1999) and based on the morphology of living animals.

• Granulina <small>Jousseaume, 1888</small>
• Granulinella <small>Boyer, 2017</small>
• Granulinopsis <small>Boyer, 2017</small>
• Hiwia <small>Marwick, 1931</small> â€Â
• Marginellopsis <small>Bavay, 1911</small>
• Paolaura <small>Smriglio & Mariottini, 2001</small>
• Pugnus <small>Hedley, 1896</small>

• Cypraeolina <small>Cerulli-Irelli, 1911</small>: synonym of Granulina <small>Jousseaume, 1888</small>
• Merovia <small>Dall, 1921</small>: synonym of Granulina <small>Jousseaume, 1888</small>
• Microginella <small>Laseron, 1957</small>: synonym of Granulina <small>Jousseaume, 1888</small>

References

• Boyer F. (2017). Révision de l'organisation supra-spécifique des gastéropodes granuliniformes. Xenophora Taxonomy. 16: 25-38