Cymbuliidae

Cymbuliidae is a family of pelagic sea snails or "sea butterflies", marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cymbulioidea.[2]

Cymbuliidae
Gleba cordata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Clade: Euopisthobranchia
Order: Pteropoda
Superfamily: Cymbulioidea
Family: Cymbuliidae
Gray, 1840[1]

Description

Instead of an external calcareous shell, they possess a pseudoconch, consisting of conchioline, a cartilaginous tissue. The mantle and the gill have disappeared as well. They breathe through the skin. They prefer warm water.

Distribution

Cymbuliidae are found in all marine waters between -54 and 55°N.[3]

Subfamilies

The family Cymbuliidae consists of two following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):

  • subfamily Cymbuliinae Gray, 1840
  • subfamily Glebinae van der Spoel, 1976[4]

Genera

Genera within the family Cymbuliidae include:

subfamily Cymbuliinae

  • Cymbulia Péron & Lesueur, 1810 - type genus of the family Cymbuliidae[2]
    • Cymbulia parvidentata Pelseneer, 1888[5] - Distribution: Bermuda, Oceanic. Length: 35 mm.
    • Cymbulia peronii Lamarck, 1819[6] - Distribution: Florida, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Oceanic. Length: 65 mm.
    • Cymbulia sibogae Tesch, 1903[7] - Distribution: Brazil, Argentina, Oceanic. Length: 24 mm.
  • Corolla Dall, 1871

subfamily Glebinae

  • Gleba Forsskål, 1776 - type genus of the subfamily Glebinae[2]
    • Gleba chrysosticta Troschel, 1854:[8] synonym of Corolla chrysosticta (Troschel, 1854)
    • Gleba cordata Forskål, 1776[9] - Distribution: Florida, Bermuda, Oceanic. Length: 45 mm.

References
  1. Gray J. E. (1840). Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum, ed. 42: 144, 151.
  2. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  3. "Measurements and facts about Cymbuliidae - Encyclopedia of Life". Archived from the original on 2014-04-15.
  4. van der Spoel (1976). Pseudotecosomata, Gymnosomata and Heteropoda (Gastropoda). page 40.
  5. Gofas, S. (2010). Cymbulia parvidentata Pelseneer, 1888. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139493 on 2010-12-18
  6. Gofas, S. (2010). Cymbulia peronii Lamarck, 1819. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139494 on 2010-12-18
  7. Rosenberg, G. (2010). Cymbulia sibogae Tesch, 1903. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532721 on 2010-12-18
  8. Gofas, S. (2010). Gleba chrysosticta (Troschel, 1854). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139495 on 2010-12-18
  9. Gofas, S. (2010). Gleba cordata Forskål, 1776. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139496 on 2010-12-18
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