''Cylindrobulla'' is a

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s or bubble snails, marine

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Sacoglossa Sacoglossa are a superorder of small sea slugs and sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks that belong to the clade Heterobranchia known as sacoglossans. There are 284 valid species recognized within this superorder. Sacoglossans live by ingestin ...

. ''Cylindrobulla'' is the type genus of the family Cylindrobullidae and it is the only genus in the family.

Taxonomy

The suborder Cylindrobulloidea used to be recognized as monogeneric suborder; in other words there was only one family in the suborder, the family Cylindrobullidae, and only one genus ''Cylindrobulla''.

1996 taxonomy

It was treated by Jensen (1996) as a sister group of

and placed it in the new order Cylindrobullacea.

1998 taxonomy

Mikkelsen (1998) has argued that the genus ''Cylindrobulla'' actually belongs in

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within shelled

. This change in taxonomy was suggested on the basis of the similarity in many characteristics: digestive, sexual, pallial (= concerning the mantle), and the nervous system.

2005 taxonomy

According to the taxonomy by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005), is the Cylindrobullidae the only family in the superfamily Cylindrobulloidea and Cylindrobulloidea is the only superfamily within the group Cylindrobullida in the informal group

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. According to the Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Cylindrobullidae has no subfamilies.

2010 taxonomy

Molecular phylogeny analysis by Maeda et al. (2010)Maeda T., Kajita T., Maruyama T. & Hirano Y. (2010). "Molecular Phylogeny of the Sacoglossa, With a Discussion of Gain and Loss of Kleptoplasty in the Evolution of the Group". ''Biological Bulletin'' 219(1): 17-26
abstract
. have confirmed placement of ''Cylindrobulla'' within

Genera

Species within the genus ''Cylindrobulla'' include: * ''Cylindrobulla beauii'' P. Fischer, 1857 - the type species of the genus ''Cylindrobulla'' * ''Cylindrobulla gigas'' Mikkelsen, 1998 * ''Cylindrobulla phuketi'' Jensen, 1990 * ''Cylindrobulla sculpta'' G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869 * ''Cylindrobulla turtoni'' Bartsch, 1915 * ''Cylindrobulla xishaensis'' Lin, 1978Bouchet, P. (2010). ''Cylindrobulla xishaensis'' Lin, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536484 on 2011-01-09 Synonyms: * ''Cylindrobulla californica'' Hamatani, 1971 is a synonym for ''Ascobulla californica'' (Hamatani, 1971) * ''Cylindrobulla fragilis'' (Jeffreys, 1856) is a synonym for ''Ascobulla fragilis'' (Jeffreys, 1856) * ''Cylindrobulla japonica'' Hamatani, 1969 is a synonym for ''Ascobulla japonica'' (Hamatani, 1969)

References

External links

* http://www.seaslugforum.net/showall/ascospp {{Taxonbar, from=Q4576747 Cylindrobullidae