Cymbuliidae

Cymbuliidae
Gleba cordata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Euopisthobranchia clade Thecosomata
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 conchioline, a cartilaginous tissue. The mantle and the gill have disappeared as well. They breathe through the skin. They prefer warm water.

Distribution

In Europe, they can only be found in the Mediterranean.^{[citation needed]}

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^[3]

Genera

Genera within the family Cymbuliidae include:

subfamily Cymbuliinae

• Cymbulia Péron & Lesueur, 1810 - type genus of the family Cymbuliidae^[2]

• • Cymbulia parvidentata Pelseneer, 1888^[4] - Distribution: Bermuda, Oceanic. Length: 35 mm.
  • Cymbulia peronii Lamarck, 1819^[5] - Distribution: Florida, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Oceanic. Length: 65 mm.
  • Cymbulia sibogae Tesch, 1903^[6] - Distribution: Brazil, Argentina, Oceanic. Length: 24 mm.

• Corolla Dall, 1871^{[citation needed]}

subfamily Glebinae

• Gleba Forsskål, 1776 - type genus of the subfamily Glebinae^[2]

• • Gleba chrysosticta Troschel, 1854^[7]
  • Gleba cordata Forskål, 1776^[8] - 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. ^ ^{a b c} 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. 
3. ^ van der Spoel (1976). Pseudotecosomata, Gymnosomata and Heteropoda (Gastropoda). page 40.
4. ^ 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
5. ^ 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
6. ^ 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
7. ^ 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
8. ^ 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

External links