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Taxonomy
Family:
CYLICHNIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Cephalaspidea (Order)
> Cylichnoidea (Superfamily)
> Cylichnidae (Family)
> Cylichna (Genus)
> bulloidea (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bulla (Cylichna) Lovén, 1846
=Bullinella Newton, 1891
=Cylichna (Acrostemma) Cossmann, 1889
=Cylichna (Cylichnopsis) Cossmann, 1904
=Cylichnella (Bullinella) Newton, 1891
=Cylindrella Swainson, 1840
=Eocylichna Kuroda & Habe, 1952
Images: Cylichna bulloidea Dell, 1956
Holotype, collected 3 Feb 1954, SE of Pitt Island, Chatham Islands, NZ (M.009720). 4.3mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
CYLICHNIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Cephalaspidea (Order)
> Cylichnoidea (Superfamily)
> Cylichnidae (Family)
> Cylichna (Genus)
> bulloidea (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bulla (Cylichna) Lovén, 1846
=Bullinella Newton, 1891
=Cylichna (Acrostemma) Cossmann, 1889
=Cylichna (Cylichnopsis) Cossmann, 1904
=Cylichnella (Bullinella) Newton, 1891
=Cylindrella Swainson, 1840
=Eocylichna Kuroda & Habe, 1952
Details: Cylichna bulloidea Dell, 1956
Size/Grows to:
Height 4.3mm, Width 2.5mm
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands, north-eastern North Island, north-eastern South Island and Chatham Rise, from 302-1568m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.272)
  • Dell, R.K. 1956 The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand, Dominion Museum Bulletin, 18 (p.144) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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