Cylichnidae Explained

Cylichnidae, common name the "chalice bubble snails" or "canoe bubble snails" is a family of sea snails or bubble snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cylichnoidea.^[1]

Taxonomy

2005 taxonomy

This family has been classified within the clade Cephalaspidea, 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)^[2] have reinstated Scaphandridae as a valid family.

Genera

Genera within the family Cylichnidae include:

• Adamnestia Iredale, 1936^[3]
• Bogasonia Warén, 1989
• Cylichna Lovén, 1846 - type genus^[4]
• † Cylichnania Marwick, 1931
• Cylichnella Gabb, 1873^{[4] [5]}
• Cylichnoides Minichev, 1977
• Decorifer Iredale, 1937
• Mamillocylichna Nordsieck, 1972^[6]
• Paracteocina Minichev, 1966
• Semiretusa Thiele, 1925
• Sphaerocylichna Thiele, 1925^[7]
• Toledonia Dall, 1902
• Truncacteocina Kuroda & Habe, 1955

Genera brought into synonymy:

• Actaeocina [sic]: 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 [sic]: synonym of Cylichnella Gabb, 1873
• Cylichlinella [sic]: 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:^[8] synonym of Acteocina Gray, 1847
• Utriculastra Thiele, 1925: synonym of Cylichnella Gabb, 1873

Further reading

• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979

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

Notes and References

1. 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
2. Malaquias M. A. E., Dodds J. M., Bouchet P. & Reid D. G. (2009). "A molecular phylogeny of the Cephalaspidea sensu lato (Gastropoda: Euthyneura): Architectibranchia redefined and Runcinacea reinstated". Zoologica Scripta 38(1): 23-41. .
3. Bouchet, P. (2010). Adamnestia Iredale, 1936. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531506 on 2010-12-15
4. Valdés A. & Camacho-García Y. (2004). ""Cephalaspidean" Heterobranchs (Gastropoda) from the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 55: 459-497. PDF.
5. Bouchet, P. (2010). Cylichnella Gabb, 1873. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156807 on 2010-12-16
6. WoRMS (2010). Mamillocylichna Nordsieck, 1972. 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=137868 on 2010-12-16
7. Bouchet, P. (2010). Sphaerocylichna Thiele, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531514 on 2010-12-16
8. 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