CYMBULIAD^.. 25 



Cymbiiliadae, Gray^ St/n. Brit. Mus. 1840; Proc. Zool. Soc. 1847, 



204 ; Agassiz, Nomen. 

 Cymbulidae, Cantraine, Malac. Medit. 33, 1841. 

 Pterobranchia, &, Gray, Lond. Med. Rep. 1821, 235. 

 Sepiacea, part, Oken, Leherb. 1815. 

 Hyalea, part, Ferussac, Fab. Syst. 25, 1821. 

 Hyaleacea, part, Menke, Syst. 4, 1828, ed. 2, 9, 1830. 

 Hyalidee, part, UOrb. Moll. Cuba, i. 70, 1841. 



Synopsis of the Genera. 



1. Cymbulia. Shell slipper-shaped. 



2. EuRiBiA. Shell globular, membranaceous. Mouth round, spread 



out. 



3. Psyche. Shell none ? Body globular. Fins separate, lateral. 



4. TiEDEMANNiA. Shell none? Fins forming a broad expanse. 



1. CYMBULIA. 



Shell gelatino-cartilaginous, oblong, slipper-shaped, covered with a 

 thin, scarcely visible membrane ; mouth elongate, truncated in 

 front. — Fins large, rounded, with a small, elongate, intermediate 

 lobe. 



Cymbulia fproboscidea), Peron <^ Lesueur, Ann. du Mus. xv. 66, 

 1810 ; Lamk. Extr. du Cour. 1812 ; Hist. vi. 292, ed. 2, vii. 437; 

 Cuvier, Reg. Anim. ii. 1817, ed. 2, 1830 ; Schweigger, Naturg. 

 750, 1820; Deshayes, Ency. Meth. iii. 42; Ferussac, Tabl. Syst. 

 25, 1821; Rang,' Man. 113, 1829; Blainv. Malac. 481, 1825; 

 Latreille, Fam. Nat. 1825 ; Quoy Sf Gaim. Voy. Astrol. ii. 373, 

 1832; Van Beneden, Nouv. Mem. Acad. Brux. xii. ; Menke, 

 Syn. 4, ed. 2, 8 ; Zeitsch.f. Malak. 1844, 77; Cantraine, Malac. 

 Medit. 33; DOrb. Moll. Cuba, i. 70, 1841; Gray, Lond. Med. 

 Rep. 1821 ; Scacchi, Antol. de Sci. Nat. i. 72, 1841 ; Sowerby, 

 Gen. Shell, t. 



1. Cymbulia proboscidea. 



Shell elongate, oblong, with several dentate longitudinal ridges. 



Cymbulia proboscidea, Peron ^ Lesueur, Ann. Mus. 1810, xv. t. 3, 

 f. 10 — 12, animal reversed; Rang. Man. 113. 



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