Chernyshinellidae Reitlinger 1958

Family CHERNYSHINELLIDAE Reitlinger, 1958 Endothyroidally coiled to uncoiled, uniseriate or biseriate. Complete septa in all whorls. Chambers characteristically teardrop-shaped. Rare supplementary deposits. Wall dark and simple, with rare agglutinated calcareous particles in some representatives. Aperture terminal simple. Tournaisian–Visean (MFZ3–MFZ12). Remark: Neochernyshinella Brenckle, 2005 was included in the valid genera of the family Chernyshinellidae in Vachard & Le Coze (2022). Its type species Endothyra oldae Grozdilova & Lebedeva, 1954 has been included in the genus Prochernyshinella by various authors like Vdovenko & Zhulitova in Makhlina et al. (1993), Reitlinger in Rauzer-Chernousova et al. (1996) and Kulagina (2013). We agree that Neochernyshinella Brenckle, 2005 is a junior subjective synonym of Prochernyshinella Reitlinger in Rauzer-Chernousova et al., 1996. Composition: Chernyshinella Lipina, 1955; Chernyshinella (Endochernyshinella) Durkina, 1997; Endochernella Conil & Lys in Conil et al., 1980; Nodochernyshinella Conil & Lys, 1977; Prochernyshinella Reitlinger in Rauzer-Chernousova et al., 1996; Spinochernella Conil & Lys, 1977; Spinotournayellina Wu in Wu & Liao, 2001.