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Cylichna

Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Cylichna Lovén
1890Bulla (Cylichna) de Gregorio p. 168
1904Cylichna Martin p. 137
1928Cylichna Nagao p. 121
1928Cylichna Woodring p. 129
1948Cylichna Gardner p. 279
1960Cylichna MacNeil p. 127
1964Cylichna Olsson p. 73
1964Cylichna Sohl p. 299
1970Cylichna Addicott p. 139
1977Cylichna Adegoke p. 216
2001Cylichna Todd
2002Cylichna Sepkoski
2006Cylichna Kiel p. 128
2007Cylichna Wienrich and Janssen p. 774
2017Cylichna Darragh p. 97

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderOpisthobranchia(Milne-Edwards 1848)
orderCephalaspideaFischer 1883
superfamilyPhilinoideaGray 1850
familyCylichnidaeAdams 1850
genusCylichnaLovén 1846

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Cylichna Lovén 1846
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Subg. Cylichna (Acrostemma) Cossmann 1889
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Subg. Cylichna (Cylichna) Lovén 1846
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Subg. †Cylichna (Cylichnopsis) Cossmann 1904
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Cylichna alba Brown 1827
Cylichna andersoni Murphy and Rodda 1960
Cylichna angustata Cossman and Cossman 1897
Cylichna angystoma Deshayes 1824
Cylichna attonsa Carpenter 1864
Cylichna aula Woodring 1928
Cylichna calvertensis Martin 1904
Cylichna discus Watson 1883
Cylichna elliptica Sowerby 1824
Cylichna faba Kner 1869
Cylichna fantasma Baker and Hanna 1927
Cylichna greensboroensis Martin 1904
Cylichna incisa Stephenson 1941
Cylichna intermissia Sohl 1964
Cylichna jacksonensis Meyer 1886
Cylichna loismartinae Keen 1943
Cylichna makanjuolai Adegoke 1977
Cylichna occulta Mighels and Adams 1842
Cylichna paupercula Nagao 1928
Cylichna pessumata Sohl 1964
Cylichna ramonensis Clark 1918
Cylichna salbriacensis Peyrot 1932
Cylichna secalina Shumard 1861
Cylichna solivaga Maury 1912
Cylichna subalpina Guembel 1861
Cylichna temblorensis Keen 1943
Cylichna tenuis Reuss 1845
Cylichna venusta Clark 1895
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:31:23
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:31:23
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bathonian to the top of the Holocene or 168.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 166.1 Ma

Collections (403 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Saudi Arabia C. sp. (48447)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45France (Drôme) C. urgonensis (177726)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6United Kingdom (England) C. urgonensis (6280)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) C. sp. (2120 6595)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (California) C. andersoni (1794 1804)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Utah) C. sp. (3325)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Arizona) C. sp. (54165)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Australia (Northern Territory) C. intermissia (13946)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Gabon C. sp. (209538)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6USA (California) C. sp. (185441 185448)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Austria C. sp. (74489)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6South Africa (Eastern Cape) C. incisa (47109)
Piripauan85.8 - 83.5New Zealand C. thomsoniana (78368 78369 78374 83520 83521)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (North Carolina) C. sp. (7612)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Mississippi) C. sp. (32139 32140 32141) C. sp., C. sp. (6660)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) C. sp. (6175 6176) C. sp., C. secalina (6171)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Tennessee) C. recta (88357)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) C. secalina (7472 7481 7482 7499 7500 7504 7507 7510 7552)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Saudi Arabia C. sp. (184844)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) C. secalina (213074)