Cylichna Explained

Cylichna is a genus of sea snails or bubble snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cylichnidae, the "chalice bubble snails".^[1]

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

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• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979

External links

• Miocene Gastropods and Biostratigraphy of the Kern River Area, California; United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 642

Notes and References

1. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137867&from=rss WoRMS: Cylichna; accessed: 13 October 2010