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Cylichnidae Cylichnidae, common name the "chalice bubble snails" or "canoe bubble snails" is a family of sea snails or bubble snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cylichnoidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cylichnidae H. Adams ...

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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 ''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'' ...

'' 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 * ''

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Cylichna cylindracea ''Cylichna cylindracea'' is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Cylichnidae. The species is found in America, Europe, Africa. It is a predator of foraminiferans Foraminifera (; Latin for "hole bearers"; informally called "forams ...

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Cylichna dalli ''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'' ...

'' 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 (''

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'') * '' 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''

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, 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 ''

'' (Pennant, 1777) * ''Cylichna densistriata'' Leche, 1878: synonym of '' Cylichnoides densistriata'' (Leche, 1878) * ''Cylichna elongata'' Locard, 1886: synonym of ''

'' (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 ''

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'' (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 ''

'' (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
{{Commonscat Cylichnidae Gastropod genera