Cingulinini is a taxonomic tribe of very small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.

Taxonomy

Cingulininae was first introduced by Saurin in 1959, and according to Schander, Van Aartsen & Corgan (1999) it comprises seven genera; Cingulina, Cinctigua, Coemansia, Paracingulina, Polyspirella, Pseudocingulina and Puncticingulina.

As Cingulininae it has been one of eleven recognized subfamilies of the gastropod family Pyramidellidae (according to the taxonomy of Ponder & Lindberg, 1997), the pyrams and their allies. The other 10 subfamilies are Odostomiinae, Turbonillinae, Chrysallidinae, Cyclostremellinae, Sayellinae, Syrnolinae, Eulimellinae, Pyramidellinae, Odostomellinae and Tiberiinae.

In the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005), this subfamily Cingulininae has been downgraded to the rank of tribe Cingulinini and belonging to the subfamily Turbonillinae.

Genera

Genera within the subfamily Cingulininae include:

• Cingulina A. Adams, 1860 - type genus

• Cinctiuga Laseron, 1951 : synonym of Odostomia (Cinctiuga) Laseron, C.F., 1951

• Coemansia Briart & Cornet, 1873

• Paracingulina Nomura, 1936

• Polyspirella Carpenter in Gould, 1861

• Pseudocingulina Nomura, 1936

• Puncticingulina Nomura, 1936

Problematic genera

The following genera are difficult to place within the group Cingulininae + Eulimellinae + Turbonillinae:

• Atomiscala DeBoury, 1909

• Hamarilla Eames & Wilkins, 1957

• Kejdonia (Pseudographis) Mifsud, 1998

• Rissopsetia Dell, 1956

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