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Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea: Philinoidea: Cylichnidae

Cylichna occulta (Mighels & Adams, 1842)


Range: 82°N to 44°N; 73.04°W to 0°W
Depth: 3 to 931 m (live 3 to 931 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 11.3  mm

Synonymy

Cylichna solitaria auct. non Say, 1822
Bulla striata Brown, 1827
Cylichna insculpta auct. non Totten, 1835
Bulla occulta Mighels & Adams, 1842
Bulla reinhardi Möller, 1842
Bulla scalpta Reeve, 1855
Cylichna propinqua M. Sars, 1858

Details


Bulla occulta Mighels & Adams, 1842, p. 54, pl. 4, fig. 11
[Basis of the current name]
Attributed to: Mighels
Type Locality: Westbrook, Maine (fossil)
Range: 82°N to 44°N; 70°W to 0°W
Depth: 3 to 80 m (live 3 to 80 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 5.4 mm
Distribution: Greenland: North Greenland, West Greenland
References: Platts (1985) E; Schiötte (1989) DdLlNM

Cylichna insculpta auct. non Totten, 1835, 
[Not available]
Range: 63.08°N ; 51°W
Depth: 128 m
Maximum Reported Size: 8 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland
References: Posselt & Jensen (1899) DdNSEWM; Lemche (1941a) s (of C. solitaria)
Comments: Misidentification by Posselt & Jensen (1899).

Cylichna propinqua M. Sars, 1858, 
[Synonym]
Range: 76.01°N to 65.78°N; 73.04°W to 57.88°W
Depth: 475 to 931 m (live 931 m)
Distribution: Baffin Bay, Davis Strait
References: Dautzenberg & Fischer (1912) s; Clarke (1974) DdLlNSEW

Bulla reinhardi Möller, 1842a, p. 79
[Synonym]
Type Locality: [West] Greenland
Range: 81.68°N to 62°N; 65°W to 49°W
Depth: 9 to 457 m
Maximum Reported Size: 11.3 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland
References: Posselt & Jensen (1899) DdNSEW; Schiötte & Warén (1992) Ms

Cylichna reinhardti sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for reinhardi by Leche (1878); Lemche (1948).

Bulla scalpta Reeve, 1855, 
[Synonym]
Range: 72°N to 68°N; 31°W to 20°W
Maximum Reported Size: 9 mm
Distribution: Greenland: East Greenland
References: Posselt & Jensen (1899) M; Lemche (1941b) NSEW; E. A. Smith (1877b) s of scalpta; Dautzenberg & Fischer (1912) s

Cylichna solitaria auct. non Say, 1822, 
[Not available]
Range: 77°N to 61°N; 73°W to 19°W
Depth: 10 to 600 m (live 30 to 600 m)
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland
References: Lemche (1941a) DdLlW; Lemche (1941b) NSE
Comments: Misidentification by Lemche (1941a).

Bulla striata Brown, 1827,  pl. 38, fig. 41-42
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Greenock
Range: 81.68°N ; 65°W
Depth: 9 m
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland
References: E. A. Smith (1877b) NSEW
Comments: Non Bruguière, 1792.


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.]
Mighels, J. W. and C. B. Adams. 1842. Descriptions of twenty-four species of the shells of New England Boston Journal of Natural History 4 37-54, pl. 4. [Stated date: -- Jan 1842.]
Möller, H. P. C. 1842. Index molluscorum Groenlandiae Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift 4 76-97.

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