Eulimellini is a tribe of minute sea snail

Snail

Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...

s, marine

Marine (ocean)

Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...

 gastropod molluscs in the family Pyramidellidae

Pyramidellidae

Pyramidellidae, common name the pyram family, or pyramid shells, is a voluminous taxonomic family of mostly small and minute ectoparasitic sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs....

, the pyrams and their allies.

Taxonomy

According to Schander, Van Aartsen & Corgan (1999) there are 17 genera in the Eulimellinae.

As "Eulimellinae", this taxon was previously one of eleven recognised subfamilies of the Pyramidellidae

Pyramidellidae

Pyramidellidae, common name the pyram family, or pyramid shells, is a voluminous taxonomic family of mostly small and minute ectoparasitic sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs....

 (according to the taxonomy of Ponder & Lindberg, 1997

Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Ponder & Lindberg, 1997)

The taxonomy of the Gastropoda, as revised by Winston Ponder and David R. Lindberg in 1997, is an older taxonomy of the class Gastropoda, the class of molluscs consisting of all snails and slugs...

).

In the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi

Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)

The taxonomy of the Gastropoda as it was revised by Philippe Bouchet and Jean-Pierre Rocroi is currently the most up-to-date overall system for classifying gastropod mollusks...

 (2005), this subfamily Cingulininae was downgraded to the rank of tribe

Tribe (biology)

In biology, a tribe is a taxonomic rank between family and genus. It is sometimes subdivided into subtribes.Some examples include the tribes: Canini, Acalypheae, Hominini, Bombini, and Antidesmeae.-See also:* Biological classification* Rank...

, as Eulimellini, belonging to the subfamily Turbonillinae

Turbonillinae

Turbonillinae is a subfamily of mostly minute parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.-Taxonomy:...

.

Genera

Genera within the tribe Eulimellini include:

• Bacteridella Saurin, 1959
• Bacteridium
  Bacteridium
  Bacteridium is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.-Species:Species within the genus Bacteridium include:* Bacteridium bermudense...
  
  Thiele, 1929
• Belonidium Cossmann, 1893
• Careliopsis
  Careliopsis
  Careliopsis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.-Species:Species within the genus Careliopsis include:* Careliopsis clathratula...
  
  Mörch
  Otto Andreas Lowson Mörch
  Otto Andreas Lowson Mörch was a biologist, specifically a malacologist. He lived in Sweden, in Denmark, and in France.- Taxa described :Bibliography and taxa described by Otto Andreas Lowson Mörch include:...
  
  , 1875
• Discobasis Cossmann, 1888
• Eulimella
  Eulimella
  Eulimella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.-Description:Many species are poorly known. The shells are small, mostly under 1 cm. They are somewhat glossy and show no sculpture except a few microscopic growth lines. This...
  
  Forbes & MacAndrew, 1846 - type genus of the tribe Eulimellini
• Instarella Laseron
  Charles Francis Laseron
  Charles Francis Laseron , was an American-born Australian naturalist and malacologist.Charles Laseron was born on 6 December 1887 at Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States of America, to English parents the Rev...
  
  , 1959
• Kejdonia
  Kejdonia
  Kejdonia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.-External links:*...
  
  Mifsud, 1999
• Koloonella Laseron
  Charles Francis Laseron
  Charles Francis Laseron , was an American-born Australian naturalist and malacologist.Charles Laseron was born on 6 December 1887 at Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States of America, to English parents the Rev...
  
  , 1959
• Latavia Laseron, 1951
• Loxoptyxis Cossmann, 1888
• Paradoxella Laseron
  Charles Francis Laseron
  Charles Francis Laseron , was an American-born Australian naturalist and malacologist.Charles Laseron was born on 6 December 1887 at Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States of America, to English parents the Rev...
  
  , 1951
• Raulostraca Oliver, 1915
• Saccoina Dall
  W. H. Dall
  William Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
  
   & Bartsch, 1904
• Tathrella Laseron
  Charles Francis Laseron
  Charles Francis Laseron , was an American-born Australian naturalist and malacologist.Charles Laseron was born on 6 December 1887 at Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States of America, to English parents the Rev...
  
  , 1959
• Terelimella
  Terelimella
  Terelimella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.-Species:Species within the genus Terelimella include:* Terelimella larochei -External links:*...
  
  Laws, 1938
• Visma
  Visma (gastropod)
  Visma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.-Species:Species within the genus Visma include:* Visma sowerbyi van Aartsen & Corgan, 1996...
  
  Dall
  W. H. Dall
  William Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
  
  & Bartsch, 1904