Cymbuliidae
{{Short description|Family of gastropods}}
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| name = Cymbuliidae
| image = Gleba_cordata.jpg
| image_caption = Gleba cordata
| taxon = Cymbuliidae
| authority = Gray, 1840Gray J. E. (1840). Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum, ed. 42: 144, 151.
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Cymbuliidae is a family of pelagic sea snails or "sea butterflies", marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cymbulioidea.{{Bouchet 2005}}
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.{{cite web |url=http://eol.org/pages/2672/data |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415105938/http://eol.org/pages/2672/data |archive-date=2014-04-15 |title=Measurements and facts about Cymbuliidae - Encyclopedia of Life}}
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, 1976van der Spoel (1976). Pseudotecosomata, Gymnosomata and Heteropoda (Gastropoda). page 40.
Genera
Genera within the family Cymbuliidae include:
subfamily Cymbuliinae
- Cymbulia Péron & Lesueur, 1810 - type genus of the family Cymbuliidae
- Cymbulia parvidentata Pelseneer, 1888Gofas, 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 - Distribution: Bermuda, Oceanic. Length: 35 mm.
- Cymbulia peronii Lamarck, 1819Gofas, 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 - Distribution: Florida, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Oceanic. Length: 65 mm.
- Cymbulia sibogae Tesch, 1903Rosenberg, 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 - Distribution: Brazil, Argentina, Oceanic. Length: 24 mm.
- Corolla Dall, 1871{{citation needed|date=December 2010}}
subfamily Glebinae
- Gleba Forsskål, 1776 - type genus of the subfamily Glebinae
- Gleba chrysosticta Troschel, 1854: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 synonym of Corolla chrysosticta (Troschel, 1854)
- Gleba cordata Forskål, 1776Gofas, 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 - Distribution: Florida, Bermuda, Oceanic. Length: 45 mm.
References
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