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Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea: Philinoidea: Cylichnidae

Cylichna alba (Brown, 1827)


Range: 82°N to 41°N; 75°W to 0°W
Depth: 2 to 1829 m (live 5 to 1096 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 12  mm

Synonymy

Cylichna cylindracea auct. non Pennant, 1777
Volvaria alba Brown, 1827
Bulla triticea Couthouy, 1838
Bulla corticata Möller, 1842
Cylichna elongata Locard, 1892

Details


Volvaria alba Brown, 1827, pl. 38, fig. 43-44
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Greenock
Range: 82°N to 41°N; 75°W to 0°W
Depth: 2 to 1829 m (live 5 to 1096 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 11 mm
Distribution: Greenland: North Greenland, West Greenland; USA: Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut; Brazil: Pernambuco
References: Lemche (1941a) L; Lemche (1941b) M; Clarke (1954a); Schiötte (1989) {L}lN
Comments: Wass's (1972) record in Chesapeake Bay needs confirmation, as does Watson's (1886) off Pernambuco, Brazil.

Bulla corticata Möller, 1842a, p. 79
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Beck
Type Locality: [West] Greenland
Range: 81.68°N to 60.72°N; 65°W to 45°W
Depth: 9 to 274 m
Maximum Reported Size: 12 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland
References: E. A. Smith (1877b) s; Posselt & Jensen (1899) DdNSEWM; Schiötte & Warén (1992) s

Cylichna cylindracea auct. non Pennant, 1777, 
[Not available]
References: Dautzenberg & Fischer (1912) s
Comments: Misidentification by Möbius (1874).

Cylichna elongata Locard, 1892, 
[Synonym]
References: Dautzenberg & Fischer (1912) s

Bulla triticea Couthouy, 1838, p. 88-89, pl. 2 [sic, 1], fig. 8
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Massachusetts Bay
Range: 44.7°N to 42.5°N; 70.5°W to 67.2°W
Depth: 31 to 73 m
Maximum Reported Size: 7 mm
Distribution: Canada: New Brunswick; USA: Massachusetts
References: Couthouy (1838) DdSWM; Stimpson (1851c) NE; E. A. Smith (1877b) s; Dautzenberg & Fischer (1912) s


Partial List of References

Brown, T. 1827. Illustrations of the Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland  [vi] + v, 52 pls. W. H. Lizars, D. Lizars and S. Highley: London. [True date: post 25 Nov.]
Couthouy, J. P. 1838. Descriptions of new species of Mollusca and shells, and remarks on several polypi found in Massachusetts Bay Boston Journal of Natural History 2 53-111, pls. 1-3. [Stated date: -- Feb 1838.]
Möller, H. P. C. 1842. Index molluscorum Groenlandiae Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift 4 76-97.

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