Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Opisthobranchia > Order Cephalaspidea > Superfamily Philinoidea > Family Cylichnidae > Genus Cylichna

Cylichna alba (Brown, 1827)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cylichna*	Lovén, 1846	accepted genus name
*Cryptaxis*	Jeffreys, 1883	later homonym
*Cryptaxis*	Jeffreys, 1883	synonym

Species group names

*Bulla corticata*	Møller, 1842	synonym
*Volvaria alba*	Brown, 1827	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: white chalice-bubble sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

French: cylichna blanc

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (194 publications)
Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Cylichna alba. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139474