Cymbuliidae

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

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

Description

Instead of an external calcareous shell, they possess a pseudoconch, consisting of conchiolin, 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):

Genera

Genera within the family Cymbuliidae include:

subfamily Cymbuliinae

subfamily Glebinae

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References

  1. Gray J. E. (1840). Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum, ed. 42: 144, 151.
  2. 1 2 3 Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia . 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 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.
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  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