Cylichnidae, common name the "chalice bubble snails" or "canoe bubble snails" is a

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of sea snails or bubble snails, marine gastropod

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s in the superfamily Cylichnoidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cylichnidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159 on 2020-10-02

Taxonomy

2005 taxonomy

This family has been classified within the clade

Cephalaspidea The order Cephalaspidea, also known as the headshield slugs and bubble snails, is a major taxon of sea slugs and bubble snails, marine gastropod mollusks within the larger clade Euopisthobranchia.Jörger K. M., Stöger I., Kano Y., Fukuda H., ...

, 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.

2009 taxonomy

Malaquias et al. (2009) have reinstated

Scaphandridae Scaphandridae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Philinoidea. Taxonomy Scaphandridae was considered as a synonym of Cylichnidae in the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). However, M ...

as a valid family.

Genera

Genera within the family Cylichnidae include: * '' Adamnestia'' Iredale, 1936 * '' Bogasonia'' Warén, 1989 * '' Cylichna'' Lovén, 1846 -

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Valdés A. & Camacho-García Y. (2004). ""Cephalaspidean" Heterobranchs (Gastropoda) from the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica". ''

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* † '' Cylichnania'' Marwick, 1931 * '' Cylichnella'' Gabb, 1873 * '' Cylichnoides'' Minichev, 1977 * '' Decorifer'' Iredale, 1937 * '' Mamillocylichna'' Nordsieck, 1972 * '' Paracteocina'' Minichev, 1966 * '' Semiretusa'' Thiele, 1925 * '' Sphaerocylichna'' Thiele, 1925 * '' Toledonia'' Dall, 1902 * '' Truncacteocina'' Kuroda & Habe, 1955 ;Genera brought into synonymy: * ''Actaeocina'' ic synonym of '' Acteocina'' J. E. Gray, 1847 * ''Bullinella'' Newton, 1891: synonym of ''Cylichna'' Lovén, 1846 * ''Clistaxis'' Cossmann, 1895: synonym of ''Cylichna'' Lovén, 1846 * ''Cryptaxis'' Jeffreys, 1883: synonym of ''Cylichna'' Lovén, 1846 * ''Cychlinella'' ic synonym of ''Cylichnella'' Gabb, 1873 * ''Cylichlinella'' ic synonym of ''Cylichnella'' Gabb, 1873 * ''Cylindrella'' Swainson, 1840: synonym of ''Cylichna'' Lovén, 1846 * ''Didontoglossa'' Annandale, 1924: synonym of ''Tornatina'' A. Adams, 1850: synonym of ''Acteocina'' Gray, 1847 * ''Eocylichna'' Kuroda & Habe, 1952: synonym of ''Cylichna'' Lovén, 1846 * ''Cylichnoides'' Minichev, 1977: synonym of ''Cylichna'' Lovén, 1846 * ''Tornastra'' Ev. Marcus, 1977: synonym of ''Cylichnella'' Gabb, 1873 * ''Tornatina'' A. Adams in Sowerby, 1850: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 synonym of ''Acteocina'' Gray, 1847 * ''Utriculastra'' Thiele, 1925: synonym of ''Cylichnella'' Gabb, 1873

References

External links

Oskars T.R., Bouchet P. & Malaquias M.A. (2015). A new phylogeny of the Cephalaspidea (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) based on expanded taxon sampling and gene markers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 89: 130-150
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