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

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 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 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
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

External links