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.
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) have reinstated Scaphandridae as a valid family.
Genera
Genera within the family Cylichnidae include: Adamnestia Iredale, 1936 Bogasonia Warén, 1989 Cylichna Lovén, 1846 - type genus † 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 [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: synonym of Acteocina Gray, 1847 Utriculastra Thiele, 1925: synonym of Cylichnella Gabb, 1873
References
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