Granulinidae
Family of sea snails
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Granulinidae are a family of small to medium-large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda.[1][2]
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| Shell of Granulina isseli (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Volutoidea |
| Family: | Granulinidae G. A. Coovert & H. K. Coovert, 1995 |
| Genera | |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Granulininae G. A. Coovert & H. K. Coovert, 1995 (original rank) | |
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)[3] 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