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Cingulopsidae

Cingulopsidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the order Littorinimorpha.

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Cingulopsidae
Eatonina fulgida shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cingulopsoidea
Family: Cingulopsidae
Fretter & Patil, 19581
Genera
See text
Synonyms
  • Coriandriidae F. Nordsieck, 1972
  • Eatoniopsinae Ponder, 1965
  • Eatoninidae Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975

Cingulopsidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the order Littorinimorpha.2

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:

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

References

  1. 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 (3): 114–126.
  2. Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
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