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

Cylichna collyra Melvill, 1906

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Literature

original description	Melvill, J. C. (1906). Descriptions of thirty-one Gastropoda and one scaphopod from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, dredged by Mr. F.W. Townsend, 1902-1904. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 7(2): 69-80, pls 7-8.
additional source	Albano, P. G.; Steger, J.; Bakker, P. A. J.; Bogi, C.; Bošnjak, M.; Guy-Haim, T.; Huseyinoglu, M. F.; LaFollette, P. I.; Lubinevsky, H.; Mulas, M.; Stockinger, M.; Azzarone, M.; Sabelli, B. (2021). Numerous new records of tropical non-indigenous species in the Eastern Mediterranean highlight the challenges of their recognition and identification. ZooKeys. 1010: 1-95.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cylichna collyra Melvill, 1906. 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:1417043