Biology:Cylichna

Short description: Genus of gastropods

Cylichna
Shell of Cylichna lemchei (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Cephalaspidea
Superfamily:	Cylichnoidea
Family:	Cylichnidae
Genus:	Cylichna Lovén, 1846
Type species
Bulla cylindracea Pennant, 1777
Synonyms
Bulla (Cylichna) Lovén, 1846 Bullinella Newton, 1891 Cylichna (Acrostemma) Cossmann, 1889 †· accepted, alternate representation Cylichna (Cylichnopsis) Cossmann, 1904 †· accepted, alternate representation Cylichnella (Bullinella) Newton, 1891 Cylindrella Swainson, 1840 Eocylichna Kuroda & Habe, 1952

Cylichna is a genus of sea snails or bubble snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cylichnidae, the "chalice bubble snails".

Species

Species within the genus Cylichna include:

• Cylichna aethiopica
• Cylichna affinis
• Cylichna alba (T. Brown, 1827) - white chalice-bubble
• Cylichna algoensis
• Cylichna andersoni
• Cylichna arthuri Dautzenberg, 1929
• Cylichna atahualpa (Dall, 1908)
• Cylichna ationsa
• Cylichna atlantica E. A. Smith, 1890
• Cylichna attanosa
• Cylichna attonsa Carpenter, 1865
• Cylichna auberii (d'Orbigny, 1841)
• Cylichna aula
• Cylichna biplicata (A. Adams in Sowerby, 1850)
• Cylichna brevissima
• Cylichna bruguierei
• Cylichna chevreuxi Dautzenberg, 1889
• Cylichna collyra Melvill, 1906
• Cylichna costata
• Cylichna crebripunctata (Jeffreys, 1881)
• Cylichna crispula
• Cylichna crossei Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1886
• Cylichna cumberlandiana (Strebel, 1908)
• Cylichna cylindracea (Pennant, 1777)
• Cylichna dalli A. E. Verrill, 1882
• Cylichna diegensis (Dall, 1919) - San Diego chalice-bubble
• Cylichna discus Watson, 1886
• Cylichna dulcis Thiele, 1925
• Cylichna eburnea A. E. Verrill, 1885 - ivory chalice-bubble
• Cylichna erecta Hedley, 1899 (taxon inquirendum)
• Cylichna euthlasta Melvill, 1918
• Cylichna fantasma (Baker and Hanna, 1927)
• Cylichna gelida (Smith, 1907)
• Cylichna georgiana (Strebel, 1908)
• Cylichna gouldii (Couthouy, 1839)
• Cylichna grovesi Valdès, 2008
• Cylichna inca (Dall, 1908)
• Cylichna intermissia curta
• Cylichna involuta
• Cylichna jaba
• Cylichna krebsii Mörch, 1875
• Cylichna lemchei Bouchet & Warén, 1979
• Cylichna linearis Jeffreys, 1867 - lined chalice-bubble
• Cylichna luticola (C. B. Adams, 1852)
• Cylichna magna Lemche, 1941
• Cylichna modesta
• Cylichna mongii (Audouin, 1826)
• Cylichna nida
• Cylichna nipponensis Nomura & Hatai, 1940
• Cylichna nucleola (Reeve, 1855) - kernel chalice-bubble
• Cylichna obscura Sykes, 1903
• Cylichna occulta (Mighels and C. B. Adams, 1842) - concealed chalice-bubble
• Cylichna occulta densistriata
• Cylichna orycta (Watson, 1883)
• Cylichna oryza
• Cylichna ovata Jeffreys, 1871
• Cylichna parallela
• Cylichna parvula Jeffreys, 1883
• Cylichna petiti Dautzenberg, 1923
• Cylichna piettei Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1896
• Cylichna pizarro (Dall, 1908)
• Cylichna propecylindracea (de Gregorio, 1890)
• Cylichna protracta
• Cylichna proxima
• Cylichna pumila
• Cylichna pusilla
• Cylichna quercinensis
• Cylichna remissa E. A. Smith, 1890
• Cylichna secalina
• Cylichna similis
• Cylichna stephensae Strong & Hertlein, 1939
• Cylichna striata
• Cylichna subcylindrica
• Cylichna sundaica
• Cylichna tanyumphalos Valdès, 2008
• Cylichna tenuissima
• Cylichna thetidis Hedley, 1903
• Cylichna tubulosa Gould, 1859
• Cylichna umbilicata
• Cylichna veleronis Strong & Hertlein, 1939
• Cylichna verrillii Dall, 1889
• Cylichna vortex (Dall, 1881)
• Cylichna zealandica T.W. Kirk, 1880

Species brought into synonymy

• Cylichna arachis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833): synonym of Adamnestia arachis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
• Cylichna atkinsoni Tenison-Woods, 1876: synonym of Retusa atkinsoni (Tenison-Woods, 1876)
• Cylichna atyoides Thiele, 1925: synonym of Sphaerocylichna atyoides (Thiele, 1925)
• Cylichna bizona (A. Adams, 1850): synonym of Mnestia bizona (A. Adams, 1850)
• Cylichna bulloides Dell, 1956: synonym of Sphaerocylichna incommoda (E. A. Smith, 1891)
• Cylichna consobrina Gould, 1859: synonym of Cylichna alba (Brown, 1827)
• Cylichna cylindrica (Bruguière, 1792): synonym of Cylichna cylindracea (Pennant, 1777)
• Cylichna densistriata Leche, 1878: synonym of Cylichnoides densistriata (Leche, 1878)
• Cylichna elongata Locard, 1886: synonym of Cylichna cylindracea (Pennant, 1777)
• Cylichna girardi (Audouin, 1826): synonym of Cylichnina girardi (Audouin, 1826); synonym of Retusa girardi (Audouin, 1826)
• Cylichna grimaldii Dautzenberg: synonym of Cylichnatys grimaldii (Dautzenberg, 1891)
• Cylichna hoernesii: synonym of Pyrunculus hoernesii (Weinkauff, 1866)
• Cylichna incisula Yokoyama, 1928: synonym of Liloa porcellana (Gould, 1859)
• Cylichna laevisculpta Granata-Grillo, 1877: synonym of Cylichnina laevisculpta (Granata-Grillo, 1877); synonym of Retusa laevisculpta (Granata-Grillo, 1877)
• Cylichna mongei (Audouin, 1826): synonym of Cylichna mongii (Audouin, 1826)
• Cylichna nitidula Lovén, 1846: synonym of Cylichnina nitidula (Lovén, 1846); synonym of Retusa nitidula (Lovén, 1846)
• Cylichna nucleolus (Reeve, 1855): synonym of Cylichna nucleola (Reeve, 1855)
• Cylichna occulata: synonym of Cylichna occulta (Mighels & Adams, 1842)
• Cylichna producta (Brown, 1827): synonym of Cylichna cylindracea (Pennant, 1777)
• Cylichna propinqua M. Sars, 1858: synonym of Cylichna occulta (Mighels & Adams, 1842)
• Cylichna protumida Hedley, 1903: synonym of Retusa protumida (Hedley, 1903)
• Cylichna scalpta Reeve, 1855: synonym of Cylichna occulta (Mighels & Adams, 1842)
• Cylichna semisulcata Dunker, 1882: synonym of Liloa porcellana (Gould, 1859)
• Cylichna spreta Watson, 1897: synonym of Pyrunculus spretus (Watson, 1897)
• Cylichna strigella (A. Adams, 1850): synonym of Cylichna arthuri Dautzenberg, 1929
• Cylichna sumatrana Thiele, 1925: synonym of Relichna sumatrana (Thiele, 1925)
• Cylichna tayamaensis Habe, 1955: synonym of Cylichna alba (Brown, 1827)
• Cylichna venustula A. Adams, 1862: synonym of Relichna venustula (A. Adams, 1862)

References

• "Cylinchna". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=76145. 
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• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN:0-00-216906-1

External links

• Miocene Gastropods and Biostratigraphy of the Kern River Area, California; United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 642 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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