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Cylichna

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Cylichna
Shell of Cylichna lemchei (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Cephalaspidea
Superfamily: Cylichnoidea
Family: Cylichnidae
Genus: Cylichna
Lovén, 1846
Type species
Bulla cylindracea Pennant, 1777
Synonyms[1]
  • 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".[1]

Species

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Species within the genus Cylichna include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

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  • "Cylinchna". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
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  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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