Pyramidellinae is a taxonomic subfamily of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
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.
- Tribe Pyramidellini Gray, 1840
- Tribe Sayellini Wise, 1996 - former subfamily Sayellinae
Genera
According to Schander, Van Aartsen & Corgen (1999) there are 12 genera within the Pyramidellinae:
tribe Pyramidellini
- Callolongchaeus <small>Dall, 1903</small>: synonym of Longchaeus <small>Mörch, 1875</small>
- Creonella <small>Wade, 1917</small>
- Lacrimiforma <small>Sohl, 1963</small>
- Locklinia <small>Bartsch, 1955</small>
- Longchaeus <small>Mörch, 1875</small>
- Milda <small>Dall & Bartsch, 1904</small>
- Otopleura <small>Fischer, 1885</small>
- Pharcidella <small>Dall, 1889</small>: synonym of Longchaeus <small>Mörch, 1875</small>
- Pyramidella <small>Gray, 1840</small> - type genus of the tribe family Pyramidellidae
- Triptychus <small>Mörch, 1875</small>
- Urambella <small>Laseron, 1959</small>: synonym of Pyramidella <small>Lamarck, 1799</small>
- Voluspa (gastropod) <small>Dall & Bartsch, 1904</small>;: synonym of Longchaeus <small>Mörch, 1875</small>
tribe Sayellini
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