Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Superorder Pylopulmonata > Superfamily Pyramidelloidea

Pyramidellidae J. E. Gray, 1840

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*Heterostropha*	P. Fischer, 1885	synonym

Children

Aartsenia Warén, 1991
Auristomia Monterosato, 1884
Bacteridium Thiele, 1929
Boonea R. Robertson, 1978
Brachystomia Monterosato, 1884
Chrysallida P. P. Carpenter, 1856
Cingulina A. Adams, 1860
Doliella Monterosato, 1880
Egila Dall & Bartsch, 1904
Euparthenia Thiele, 1929
Evalea A. Adams, 1860
Folinella Dall & Bartsch, 1904
Globostomia L. Hoffman, van Heugten & Lavaleye, 2009
Iolaea A. Adams, 1867
Ividella Dall & Bartsch, 1909
Jordaniella Chaster, 1898
Kejdonia Mifsud, 1999
Liamorpha Pilsbry, 1898
Liostomia G. O. Sars, 1878
Marginodostomia Nomura, 1936
Megastomia Monterosato, 1884
Menestho Møller, 1842
Miralda A. Adams, 1863
Moerchia A. Adams, 1860
Noemiamea de Folin, 1886
Odetta de Folin, 1870
Odostomella Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883
Odostomia J. Fleming, 1813
Odostomiinae Pelseneer, 1928
Ondina de Folin, 1870
Oscilla A. Adams, 1861
Parthenina Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883
Pseudoscilla O. Boettger, 1902
Pyramidellinae
Pyramistomia Cossmann, 1921
Pyrgisculus Monterosato, 1884
Pyrgulina A. Adams, 1863
Rissopsetia Dell, 1956
Salassia de Folin, 1870
Spiralina Chaster, 1898
Strioturbonilla Sacco, 1892
Styloptygma A. Adams, 1860
Syrnolinae Saurin, 1958
Tiberia Jeffreys, 1884
Tibersyrnola Laws, 1937
Trabecula Monterosato, 1884
Tragula Monterosato, 1884
Turbonillinae Bronn, 1849

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: speldhorens sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

French: pyramidellidés sources: Bousfield, E. L. (1964). Coquillages des cotes canadiennes de l'Atlantique. Musée national du Canada. Ottawa. 89 p.

Japanese: トウガタガイ科

Literature

original description	Gray, J. E. (1840). Shells of molluscous animals, pp. 105-152. in: Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum. ed. 42. G. Woodfall. London. 370 pp.
basis of record	Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July].
additional source	Dall, W. H. & Bartsch, P. (1904). Synopsis of the genera, subgenera and sections of the family Pyramidellidae. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 17: 1-16.
additional source	Schander, C.; Van Aartsen, J. J.; Corgan, J. C. (1999). Families and genera of the Pyramidelloidea (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico. 34 (9-12): 145–166.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pyramidellidae J. E. Gray, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=162