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Cylichnidae

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Description

Cylichnidae, common name the "chalice bubble snails" or "canoe bubble snails" is a family of sea snails or bubble snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Philinoidea.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)6794https://www.gbif.org/species/6794
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)60003https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=60003
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cephalaspidea : Cylichnidae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
orderOpisthobranchia
orderCephalaspideaFischer 1883
superfamilyPhilinoideaGray 1850
familyCylichnidaeAdams 1850
Scientific NameCylichnidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Cylichnidaefamilybelongs to Cylichnaceastated without evidenceSquires, 1984
Cylichnidaefamilybelongs to Cephalaspideastated without evidenceSquires, 1988
Cylichnidaefamilybelongs to PhilinoideaimpliedBeesley, 1998
Cylichnidaefamilybelongs to Philinoideastated with evidenceTodd, 2001
Cylichnidaefamilybelongs to Philinoideastated without evidenceHarzhauser and Mandic, 2001
Cylichnidaefamilybelongs to Cephalaspideastated without evidenceWienrich and Janssen, 2007
Cylichnidaefamilybelongs to Philinoideastated without evidenceHarzhauser, 2007
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)98
Extant Size (PBDB)22 (22%)
First Recorded Appearance168 - 166 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Motilityactively mobile
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietcarnivore
Ecospace CommentsLIFE HISTORY: Predatory carnivore according to Todd (2001).
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)P. L. Beesley. 1998. Mollusca: the southern synthesis. Fauna of Australia 5
Common Name(s) Bootschelpen, スイフガイ, Cigarrsnäckor
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cylichnidae

External Images

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Roxania ✝
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2861.6 Ma
Paleocene
0.01 Ma
Pleistocene
Acteocina
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Barrel-bubble335129 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
0 Ma
Extant
Adamnestia ✝
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
22.59 Ma
Pleistocene
0.13 Ma
Pleistocene
Bogasonia
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Bullaria
genus
listed (PBDB)1893.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
0 Ma
Extant
Bullichna
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
723.0 Ma
Miocene
16.0 Ma
Miocene
Cylichna
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
432168 Ma
Middle Jurassic
0 Ma
Extant
Cylichnania ✝
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1666.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
12.7 Ma
Miocene
Cylichnella
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
17370.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
0 Ma
Extant
Cylichnoides
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Decorifer
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Eocylichna
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Mamillocylichna
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Paracteocina
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Philine
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2372.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
0 Ma
Extant
Scaphander
genus
listed (PBDB)298101 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
0 Ma
Extant
Semiretusa
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Sphaerocylichna
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Suwannescapha ✝
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
133.9 Ma
Oligocene
33.9 Ma
Oligocene
Taita ✝
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
112.7 Ma
Miocene
12.7 Ma
Miocene
Toledonia
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
111.6 Ma
Miocene
0 Ma
Extant
Truncacteocina
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1850Cylichnidae Adams
1984Cylichnidae Squires p. 39
1987Cylichnidae Squires p. 53
1988Cylichnidae Squires p. 17
1998Cylichnidae Beesley p. 942
1999Cylichnidae Squires p. 22
YearName and Author
2001Cylichnidae Harzhauser and Mandic p. 717
2001Cylichnidae Todd
2002Cylichnidae Harzhauser and Kowalke p. 74
2004Cylichnidae Stilwell et al. p. 51
2007Cylichnidae Harzhauser
2007Cylichnidae Wienrich and Janssen p. 774

References

Beesley P. L. (1998) Mollusca: the southern synthesis, Fauna of Australia 5
Squires R. L. (1984) Megapaleontology of the Eocene Llajas Formation, Simi Valley, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 350, 1-76
Squires R. L. (1987) Eocene molluscan paleontology of the Whitaker Peak area, Los Angeles and Ventura counties, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 388, 1-93
Squires R. L. (1988) Eocene Macropaleontology of Northern Lockwood Valley, Ventura County, California, Contributions in Science (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County) 398, 1-23
Harzhauser M., Mandic O. (2001) Late Oligocene gastropods and bivalves from the Lower and Upper Austrian Molasse Basin, Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Schriftenreihe der Erdwissenschaftlichen Komimissionen 14, 671-795
Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of gastropods in the Panama Paleontology Project collections
Harzhauser M., Kowalke T. (2002) Sarmatian (Late Middle Miocene) Gastropod Assemblages of the Central Paratethys, Facies 46, 57-82
Stilwell J. D., Zinsmeister W. J., et al (2004) Early Paleocene Mollusks of Antarctica: Systematics, Paleoecology and Paleobiogeographic Significance, Bulletins of American Paleontology 367
Harzhauser M. (2007) Oligocene and Aquitanian gastropod faunas from the Sultanate of Oman and their biogeographic implications for the western Indo-Pacific., Palaeontographica Abteilung A 280, 75-121
Wienrich G., Janssen R. (2007) Die Fauna des marinen Miozäns von Kevelaer (Niederrhein). Band 4 Gastropoda ab Mitridae, Backhuys Publishers BV Leiden 4, 643-954
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47(1-2): 1-397. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
CoL2006/ITIS - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Oskars T.R., Bouchet P. & Malaquias M.A. (2015). A new phylogeny of the Cephalaspidea (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) based on expanded taxon sampling and gene markers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 89: 130-150. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)
Bouchet, P., Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47(1-2): 1-397 ISBN 3-925919-72-4. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)
WoRMS (2015) Accessed through World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/ - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas
Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Gärdenfors, Ulf, Hall, Ragnar, Hallingbäck, Tomas, Hansson, Hans G. & Hedström, Lars (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj. ArtDatabanken Rapporterar 5, ArtDatabanken, Uppsala. (reviderad excelfil med svenska djurfamiljer). - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas
Oskars T.R., Bouchet P. & Malaquias M.A. (2015). A new phylogeny of the Cephalaspidea (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) based on expanded taxon sampling and gene markers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 89: 130-150. - via World Register of Marine Species
Lundin, K. (2014) Svenska namn på svenska nakensnäckor slutligt faställda 2014-06-26. http://www.slu.se/Global/externwebben/centrumbildningar-projekt/artdatabanken/Dokument/Svenska%20artprojektet/Nakensn%C3%A4ckor-FASTSTALLDA-2014-06-26.pdf - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas
Bouchet, P., Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47(1-2): 1-397 ISBN 3-925919-72-4. - via World Register of Marine Species
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