Dipsaccinae
"Shell oliviform, highly polished; aperture very effuse; suture concealed by enamel; base with one or two strong grooves, which form a little tooth at the edge of the outer lip; inner lip wanting; base of the pillar thick, vitreous, obliquely striated, and turned outwards.".
The following genera with extant representatives are known (genotypes illustrated):
Genus | Present day distribution | Thumbnail of type species |
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Alocospira Cossmann, 1899 |
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Amalda Adams & Adams, 1853 | Tropical Atlantic realm (Tropical Northwestern Atlantic province): Colombia to Brazil |
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Ancillista Iredale, 1936 | Western Indo-Pacific realm (Western Indian Ocean province); Central Indo-Pacific realm (Sahul Shelf province, South China Sea province, Northwest Australian Shelf province); Temperate Australasia realm (Southeast Australian Shelf province); Temperate Southern Africa realm (Agulhas province). |
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Austrancilla Habe, 1959 | Temperate Australasia realm (Southwest Australian Shelf province to West Central Australian Shelf province). |
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Baryspira Fischer, 1883 | Temperate Australasia realm (Northern New Zealand province, Southern New Zealand province). |
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Eburna Lamarck, 1801 | Tropical Atlantic realm (Tropical Northwestern Atlantic province): Colombia to Brazil |
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Exiquaspira Ninomiya, 1988 |
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Hesperancilla Kilburn, 1981 | Tropical Atlantic realm (Tropical Northwestern Atlantic province): Northeast Brazil |
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Micrancilla Maxwell, 1992 | Temperate South America realm (Magellanic province) ; Southern Ocean realm (Scotia Sea province). LOWER SLOPE. |
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Mundaspira Ninomiya, 1990 | Figure coming | |
Turrancilla Von Martens, 1903 | Western Indo-Pacific realm, Central Indo-Pacific realm |
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