Cystiscinae are a taxonomic subfamily of minute sea snails. These are marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Cystiscidae, and the clade Neogastropoda.
Diagnosis
Shell minute to small, white; spire immersed to low; surface smooth or axially costate; lip thickened, smooth or denticulate; external varix absent; siphonal notch absent; posterior notch absent; columella multiplicate, with combined total of usually 2 to 8 plications plus parietal lirae; internal whorls cystiscid type. Animal mantle smooth, at least partially extending over external shell surface. Internal anatomy unknown.
Genera
Genera within the subfamily Cystiscinae are as follows:[1]
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Crithe Gould, 1860
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Cystiscus Stimpson, 1865:55
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Extra Jousseaume, 1894 - with the only species Extra extra Jousseaume, 1894[2]
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Gibberula Swainson, 1840
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Inbiocystiscus Ortea and Espinosa, 2001[3]
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Intelcystiscus Ortea and Espinosa, 2001[3]
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†Marginocystiscus Landau, C. M. Silva & Heitz, 2016[4]
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Pachybathron Gaskoin, 1853
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Persicula Schumacher, 1817
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Ticocystiscus Espinosa and Ortea, 2002
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Ticofurcilla Espinosa & Ortea, 2002
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†Topaginella Laseron, 1957:288
Comparative shell structure of three genera
References
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^ MolluscaBase (2018). "Cystiscinae Stimpson, 1865". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
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^ Jousseaume, F.P. (1894). "Diagnoses des coquilles de nouveaux mollusques". Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris. 8 (6): 98–105. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
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^ a b Ortea, J.; Espinosa, J. (2001). "Intelcystiscus e Inbiocystiscus (Mollusca: Neogastrópoda: Cystiscidae) dos nuevos géneros del Atlántico occidental tropical". Avicennia. 14: 107–114.
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^ Landau, Bernard Manue; Marques da Silva, Carlos; Heitz, Antoine (2016). "Systematics of the lower-middle Miocene Cantaure Formation, Paraguaná Peninsula, Venezuela". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 389–391: 1–581.
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Espinosa, J. and J. Ortea 2002. Nuevas especies de margineliformes de Cuba, Bahamas y el Mar Caribe de Costa Rica Avicennia 15:101-128.
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Ortea, J. y J. Espinosa 2001. Intelcystiscus e Inbiocystiscus (Mollusca: Neogastrópoda: Cystiscidae) dos nuevos géneros del Atlántico occidental tropical. Avicennia 14 107-114.
