Cylindrobulla is a genus of sea snails or bubble snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Sacoglossa.
Cylindrobulla is the type genus of the family Cylindrobullidae and it is the only genus in the family.
Taxonomy The suborder Cylindrobulloidea used to be recognized as monogeneric suborder; in other words there was only one family in the suborder, the family Cylindrobullidae, and only one genus Cylindrobulla.
1996 taxonomy It was treated by Jensen (1996) as a sister group of Sacoglossa and placed it in the new order Cylindrobullacea.
1998 taxonomy Mikkelsen (1998) has argued that the genus Cylindrobulla actually belongs in Oxynoacea within shelled Sacoglossa. This change in taxonomy was suggested on the basis of the similarity in many characteristics: digestive, sexual, pallial (= concerning the mantle), and the nervous system.
2005 taxonomy According to the taxonomy by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005), is the Cylindrobullidae the only family in the superfamily Cylindrobulloidea and Cylindrobulloidea is the only superfamily within the group Cylindrobullida in the informal group Opisthobranchia.
According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Cylindrobullidae has no subfamilies.
2010 taxonomy Molecular phylogeny analysis by Maeda et al. (2010)Maeda T., Kajita T., Maruyama T. & Hirano Y. (2010). "Molecular Phylogeny of the Sacoglossa, With a Discussion of Gain and Loss of Kleptoplasty in the Evolution of the Group". Biological Bulletin 219(1): 17-26. abstract . have confirmed placement of Cylindrobulla within Sacoglossa.
Genera Species within the genus Cylindrobulla include: Cylindrobulla beauii P. Fischer, 1857 - the type species of the genus Cylindrobulla Cylindrobulla gigas Mikkelsen, 1998 Cylindrobulla phuketi Jensen, 1990Bouchet, P. (2010). Cylindrobulla phuketi Jensen, 1990. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536482 on 2011-01-09 Cylindrobulla sculpta G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869Bouchet, P. (2010). Cylindrobulla sculpta G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536472 on 2011-01-09 Cylindrobulla turtoni Bartsch, 1915Bouchet, P. (2010). Cylindrobulla turtoni Bartsch, 1915. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536485 on 2011-01-09 Cylindrobulla xishaensis Lin, 1978Bouchet, P. (2010). Cylindrobulla xishaensis Lin, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536484 on 2011-01-09
Synonyms: Cylindrobulla californica Hamatani, 1971 is a synonym for Ascobulla californica (Hamatani, 1971) Cylindrobulla fragilis (Jeffreys, 1856) is a synonym for Ascobulla fragilis (Jeffreys, 1856) Cylindrobulla japonica Hamatani, 1969 is a synonym for Ascobulla japonica (Hamatani, 1969)
See also Ascobulla - species in this genus looks externally the same, but they differ in internal anatomy. Ascobulla belongs to Volvatellidae.
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External links
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