Cymbuliidae

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Cymbuliidae
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Gleba cordata
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Cymbuliidae

Gray, 1840[1]

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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

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

subfamily Glebinae

References

  1. Gray J. E. (1840). Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum, ed. 42: 144, 151.
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  3. http://eol.org/pages/2672/data
  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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