Cylichna Lovén 1846 (snail)

Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae

Alternative spelling: Bulla (Cylichna)

Parent taxon: Cylichnidae according to J. A. Todd 2001

See also Addicott 1970, Adegoke 1977, Darragh 2017, Gardner 1948, Kiel 2006, MacNeil 1960, Martin 1904, Nagao 1928, Nagao 1928, Olsson 1964, Palmer and Brann 1966, Sepkoski 2002, Sohl 1964, Sohl 1964, Wienrich and Janssen 2007 and Woodring 1928

Sister taxa: Abderospira, Acteocina, Bullaria, Bullichna, Cylichnania, Cylichnella, Philine, Scaphander, Suwannescapha, Taita

Subtaxa: Cylichna (Acrostemma) Cylichna (Cylichna) Cylichna (Cylichnopsis) Cylichna alba Cylichna andersoni Cylichna angustata Cylichna angystoma Cylichna attonsa Cylichna aula Cylichna calvertensis Cylichna discus Cylichna diversilirata Cylichna elliptica Cylichna faba Cylichna fantasma Cylichna greensboroensis Cylichna incisa Cylichna intermissia Cylichna jacksonensis Cylichna loismartinae Cylichna makanjuolai Cylichna occulta Cylichna paupercula Cylichna pessumata Cylichna ramonensis Cylichna salbriacensis Cylichna secalina Cylichna solivaga Cylichna subalpina Cylichna takashimaensis Cylichna temblorensis Cylichna tenuis Cylichna venusta

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (5: Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut, Ontario collections), the Dominican Republic (1), Fiji (1), France (1), Greenland (4), Japan (1), Mayotte (4), Morocco (1), the Philippines (1), South Africa (1), Spain (1), United States (10: California, Vermont)

• Pliocene of Belgium (2), Ecuador (4), Iceland (1), Italy (5), Jamaica (3), the Netherlands (1), South Africa (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (7: California, North Carolina, Virginia)

• Miocene of Australia (2), Austria (2), Belgium (10), Denmark (1), France (1), Germany (30), Indonesia (6), Italy (2), Japan (1), the Netherlands (2), New Zealand (2), Slovakia (1), United States (16: California, Florida)

• Oligocene of France (22), Germany (1), Hungary (1), United States (28: California, Mississippi, Washington)

• Eocene of Australia (1), Belgium (2), France (6), Hungary (1), Indonesia (3), Italy (1), Japan (2), Pakistan (2), Trinidad and Tobago (1), the United Kingdom (13), United States (12: Alabama, Alaska, Maryland, New Jersey, South Carolina)

• Paleocene of Belgium (1), Denmark (6), France (2), Germany (1), Greenland (3), Mexico (1), Nigeria (1), Poland (2), United States (14: Alabama, California, Illinois, Maryland, Texas, Virginia)

• Cretaceous of Australia (1), Austria (1), France (1), Gabon (1), Germany (1), Japan (1), Mexico (1), New Zealand (5), Poland (6), the Russian Federation (1), Saudi Arabia (1), South Africa (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (121: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah)

• Jurassic of Saudi Arabia (1)

Total: 403 collections including 458 occurrences

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