Cylichnidae

Cylichnidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Euopisthobranchia clade Cephalaspidea
Superfamily:	Philinoidea
Family:	Cylichnidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
Genera
See text.
Synonyms
Tornatinidae P. Fischer, 1883 Acteocinidae Dall, 1913

Cylichnidae, common name the "chalice bubble snails" or "canoe bubble snails" is a family of sea snails or bubble snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Philinoidea.

Taxonomy

2005 taxonomy

This family has been classified within the clade Cephalaspidea, itself belonging to the informal group Opisthobranchia (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). The family Cylichnidae has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). Synonyms of Cylichnidae has included: Scaphandridae G. O. Sars, 1878; Tornatinidae P. Fischer, 1883; Acteocinidae Dall, 1913 and Triclidae Winckworth, 1932.^[1]

2009 taxonomy

Malaquias et al. (2009)^[2] have reinstated Scaphandridae as a valid family.

Genera

Genera within the family Cylichnidae include:

• Acteocina J. E. Gray, 1847^[3][4]
• Adamnestia Iredale, 1936^[5]
• Bullinella Newton, 1891^{[citation needed]}
• Cylichna Lovén, 1846 - type genus^[3]
• Cylichnella Gabb, 1873^[3][6]
• Mamillocylichna Nordsieck, 1972^[7]
• Sphaerocylichna Thiele, 1925^[8]
• Tornatina A. Adams in Sowerby, 1850^[9]

References

1. ^ Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdés Á. & Warén A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3925919724. ISSN 0076-2997. http://www.archive.org/details/malacologia47122005inst. 
2. ^ Malaquias M. A. E., Dodds J. M., Bouchet P. & Reid D. G. (2009). "A molecular phylogeny of the Cephalaspidea sensu lato (Gastropoda: Euthyneura): Architectibranchia redefined and Runcinacea reinstated". Zoologica Scripta 38(1): 23-41. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00354.x.
3. ^ ^{a b c} Valdés A. & Camacho-García Y. (2004). ""Cephalaspidean" Heterobranchs (Gastropoda) from the Pacific Coast of Coasta Rica". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 55: 459-497. PDF.
4. ^ Rosenberg, G.; Gofas, S. (2010). Acteocina J. E. Gray, 1847. 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=137866 on 2010-12-15
5. ^ Bouchet, P. (2010). Adamnestia Iredale, 1936. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531506 on 2010-12-15
6. ^ Bouchet, P. (2010). Cylichnella Gabb, 1873. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156807 on 2010-12-16
7. ^ WoRMS (2010). Mamillocylichna Nordsieck, 1972. 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=137868 on 2010-12-16
8. ^ Bouchet, P. (2010). Sphaerocylichna Thiele, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531514 on 2010-12-16
9. ^ Bouchet, P. (2010). Tornatina A. Adams in Sowerby, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205383 on 2010-12-16

Further reading

• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1