Granulinidae are a family of small to medium-large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Granulinidae G. A. Coovert & H. K. Coovert, 1995. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1355325 on 2020-06-05
Genera In 2019 the subfamily Granulininae has been raised to rank of family Granulinidae G. A. Coovert & H. K. Coovert, 1995 (original rank).
This subfamily was originally placed in family Cystiscidae by Coovert & Coovert (1995)Coovert G. A. & Coovert H. K. (1995). "Revision of the Supraspecific Classification of Marginelliform Gastropods". The Nautilus 109(2 & 3): 43-110. but placed back in Marginellidae, following La Perna (1999) and based on the morphology of living animals. Granulina Jousseaume, 1888 Granulinella Boyer, 2017 Granulinopsis Boyer, 2017 Hiwia Marwick, 1931 † Marginellopsis Bavay, 1911 Paolaura Smriglio & Mariottini, 2001 Pugnus Hedley, 1896 Gnera brought into synonymy Cypraeolina Cerulli-Irelli, 1911: synonym of Granulina Jousseaume, 1888 Merovia Dall, 1921: synonym of Granulina Jousseaume, 1888 Microginella Laseron, 1957: synonym of Granulina Jousseaume, 1888
References
Boyer F. (2017). Révision de l'organisation supra-spécifique des gastéropodes granuliniformes. Xenophora Taxonomy. 16: 25-38