Cylichnidae,

common name In biology, a common name of a taxon or organism (also known as a vernacular name, English name, colloquial name, country name, popular name, or farmer's name) is a name that is based on the normal language of everyday life; and is often con ...

the "chalice bubble snails" or "canoe bubble snails" is a

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...

s or bubble snails, marine

gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...

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 (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks within the larger clade Euopisthobranchia. Bubble shells is another commo ...

, itself belonging to the informal group

Opisthobranchia Opisthobranchs () is a now informal name for a large and diverse group of specialized complex gastropods which used to be united in the subclass Opisthobranchia. That taxon is no longer considered to represent a monophyletic grouping. Euopisth ...

(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 (biology), family of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Philinoidea. Taxonomy Scaphandridae was considered as a synonym of Cylichnidae in the Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & ...

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 ''Acteocina'' is a genus of very small sea snails, bubble snails, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Tornatinidae, the canoe bubbles or chalice bubble snails. Species Species within the genus ''Acteocina'' include: * '' Act ...

'' 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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