Cymbuliidae is a family of pelagic

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s or "sea butterflies",

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s in the superfamily

Cymbulioidea Cymbulioidea is a taxonomic superfamily of pelagic "sea butterflies", one group of swimming sea snails. They are holoplanktonic opisthobranch gastropod molluscs in the clade Thecosomata. Anatomy Some groups within this superfamily possess ...

Description

Instead of an external calcareous shell, they possess a pseudoconch, consisting of conchioline, a cartilaginous tissue. The

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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.

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

Genera

Genera within the family Cymbuliidae include: subfamily Cymbuliinae * '' Cymbulia'' Péron & Lesueur, 1810 - type genus of the family Cymbuliidae ** '' Cymbulia parvidentata'' Pelseneer, 1888 - Distribution: Bermuda, Oceanic. Length: 35 mm. ** '' Cymbulia peronii'' Lamarck, 1819 - Distribution: Florida, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Oceanic. Length: 65 mm. ** '' Cymbulia sibogae'' Tesch, 1903 - Distribution: Brazil, Argentina, Oceanic. Length: 24 mm. * '' Corolla'' Dall, 1871 subfamily Glebinae * '' Gleba'' Forsskål, 1776 - type genus of the subfamily Glebinae ** ''Gleba chrysosticta'' Troschel, 1854: synonym of '' Corolla chrysosticta'' (Troschel, 1854) ** ''

Gleba cordata ''Gleba cordata'' is a species of sea butterfly, a floating and swimming sea snail or sea slug, a pelagic marine gastropod mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of whic ...

'' 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.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q3202653 Taxa named by John Edward Gray