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 have 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 <small>Iredale, 1936</small>
- Bogasonia <small>Warén, 1989</small>
- Cylichna <small>Lovén, 1846</small> - type genus
- â Cylichnania <small>Marwick, 1931</small>
- Cylichnella <small>Gabb, 1873</small>
- Cylichnoides <small>Minichev, 1977</small>
- Decorifer <small>Iredale, 1937</small>
- Mamillocylichna <small>Nordsieck, 1972</small>
- Paracteocina <small>Minichev, 1966</small>
- Semiretusa <small>Thiele, 1925</small>
- Sphaerocylichna <small>Thiele, 1925</small>
- Toledonia <small>Dall, 1902</small>
- Truncacteocina <small>Kuroda & Habe, 1955</small>
Genera brought into synonymy:
- Actaeocina [sic]: synonym of Acteocina <small>J. E. Gray, 1847</small>
- Bullinella <small>Newton, 1891</small>: synonym of Cylichna <small>Lovén, 1846</small>
- Clistaxis <small>Cossmann, 1895</small>: synonym of Cylichna <small>Lovén, 1846</small>
- Cryptaxis <small>Jeffreys, 1883</small>: synonym of Cylichna <small>Lovén, 1846</small>
- Cychlinella [sic]: synonym of Cylichnella <small>Gabb, 1873</small>
- Cylichlinella [sic]: synonym of Cylichnella <small>Gabb, 1873</small>
- Cylindrella <small>Swainson, 1840</small>: synonym of Cylichna <small>Lovén, 1846</small>
- Didontoglossa <small>Annandale, 1924</small>: synonym of Tornatina <small>A. Adams, 1850</small>: synonym of Acteocina <small>Gray, 1847</small>
- Eocylichna <small>Kuroda & Habe, 1952</small>: synonym of Cylichna <small>Lovén, 1846</small>
- Cylichnoides <small>Minichev, 1977</small>: synonym of Cylichna <small>Lovén, 1846</small>
- Tornastra <small>Ev. Marcus, 1977</small>: synonym of Cylichnella <small>Gabb, 1873</small>
- Tornatina <small>A. Adams in Sowerby, 1850</small>: synonym of Acteocina <small>Gray, 1847</small>
- Utriculastra <small>Thiele, 1925</small>: synonym of Cylichnella <small>Gabb, 1873</small>
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