Cymbuliidae
Family of gastropods
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Cymbuliidae is a family of pelagic sea snails or "sea butterflies", marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cymbulioidea.[2]
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| Gleba cordata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Euopisthobranchia |
| Order: | Pteropoda |
| Superfamily: | Cymbulioidea |
| Family: | Cymbuliidae Gray, 1840[1] |
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.[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[citation needed]
subfamily Glebinae
