Cingulopsidae Explained

Cingulopsidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.^[1]

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 Thiele, 1912
• Pickenia Ponder, 1983
• Pseudopisinna Ponder & Yoo, 1980
• Skenella Pfeffer, 1886
• Tubbreva Ponder, 1965
  • Tubbreva exaltata
  • Tubbreva micrometrica Aradas & Benoit, 1876

Genera brought into synonymy:

• Cingulopsis Fretter & Patil, 1958: synonym of Eatonina Thiele, 1912
• Coriandria Tomlin, 1917: synonym of Eatonina Thiele, 1912
• Eatoniopsis Ponder, 1965: synonym of Skenella Pfeffer, 1886
• Microsetia Monterosato, 1884: synonym of Eatonina 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. (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.

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. . Rocroi, J.-P. . 2005 . Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families . Malacologia . 47 . 1–2 .