title: Granulinidae
text: # Granulinidae
  
  Granulinidae are a family of small to medium-large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda.
  
  ## 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) 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
  