Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Superorder Sacoglossa > Superfamily Oxynooidea > Family Volvatellidae > Genus Ascobulla

Ascobulla fragilis (Jeffreys, 1856)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ascobulla*	Ev. Marcus, 1972	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Cylichna fragilis*	Jeffreys, 1856	synonym
*Cylindrobulla fragilis*	(Jeffreys, 1856)	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Murillo, L. (2021). Puesta y desarrollo de Ascobulla fragilis (Jeffreys, 1856) (Opisthobranchia, Sacoglossa). Iberus. 9(2): 187-193.
additional source	Box, A., Deudero, S., Pons, G. X., Blanco, A., Sariera, P., & Cabanellas-Rebodero, M. (2007). Contribució al coneixement dels mol· luscs associats a praderies de Caulerpals a Mallorca. Bolletí de la Societat d'Història Natural de les Balears. 50: 115-125.
new combination reference	Cimino, G.; Ghiselin, M. T. (1998). Chemical defense and evolution in the Sacoglossa (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia). Chemoecology. 8(2): 51-60.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ascobulla fragilis (Jeffreys, 1856). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141969