Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Order Cephalaspidea > Superfamily Cylichnoidea > Family Cylichnidae

Cylichna Lovén, 1846

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Bulla (Cylichna)*	Lovén, 1846	synonym
*Bullinella*	R. B. Newton, 1891	synonym

Children

Cylichna alba (T. Brown, 1827)
Cylichna chevreuxi Dautzenberg, 1889
Cylichna collyra Melvill, 1906
Cylichna corticata (Møller, 1842)
Cylichna cylindracea (Pennant, 1777)
Cylichna discus R. B. Watson, 1883
Cylichna lemchei Bouchet & Warén, 1979
Cylichna piettei Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896
Cylichna propecylindracea (De Gregorio, 1889)
Cylichna villersii (Audouin, 1826)

Literature

original description	Lovén, S. L. (1846). Index Molluscorum litora Scandinaviae occidentalia habitantium. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps Akademiens Förhandlingar. (1846): 134-160, 182-204. [Offprint: pp. 1-50].
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
additional source	Valdés, Á. (2008). Deep-sea "cephalaspidean" heterobranchs (Gastropoda) from the tropical southwest Pacific. In: Héros, V. et al. (eds) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. 196: 587-792.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cylichna Lovén, 1846. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137867