Cymbuliidae

Cymbuliidae is a family of pelagic sea snails or "sea butterflies", marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cymbulioidea.^[2]

Cymbuliidae
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

• Gleba Forsskål, 1776 - type genus of the subfamily Glebinae^[2]
  • Gleba chrysosticta Troschel, 1854:^[8] synonym of Corolla chrysosticta (Troschel, 1854)
  • Gleba cordata Forskål, 1776^[9] - Distribution: Florida, Bermuda, Oceanic. Length: 45 mm.