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Cylichnidae

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Cylichnidae
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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]

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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 have included: Scaphandridae G. O. Sars, 1878; Tornatinidae P. Fischer, 1883; Acteocinidae Dall, 1913 and Triclidae Winckworth, 1932.[2]

2009 taxonomy

Malaquias et al. (2009)[3] have reinstated Scaphandridae as a valid family.

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Genera

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Genera within the family Cylichnidae include:

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:[9] synonym of Acteocina Gray, 1847
  • Utriculastra Thiele, 1925: synonym of Cylichnella Gabb, 1873
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