Cylichna temblorensis Keen 1943 (snail)

Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae

Full reference: A. M. Keen. 1943. New mollusks from the Round Mountain Silt (Temblor) Miocene of California. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 10(2):25-60

Belongs to Cylichna according to W.O. Addicott 1970

Sister taxa: 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 tenuis, Cylichna venusta

Type specimen: LSJU 7533. Its type locality is LSJU loc. 2121 [Round Mountain Silt], which is in a Langhian marine siltstone in the Round Mountain Formation of California.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at LSJU loc. 2121 [Round Mountain Silt]

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