Cylichnium is a genus of very small sea snails, unassigned in a family in the order Cephalaspidea (bubble snails).[1][3]

Cylichnium
Shell of Cylichnium mucronatum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Cephalaspidea
Genus: Cylichnium
Dall, 1908
Type species
Utriculus domitus
Dall, 1889
Synonyms[1]
  • Cylichnella (Cylichnium) Dall, 1908[2]
  • Volvulopsis Schepman, 1913

Species

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Species brought into synonymy
  • Cylichnium matsumotoi Habe, 1955: synonym of Cylichnium ancillarioides (Schepman, 1913)
  • Cylichnium sumatrense Thiele, 1925: synonym of Cylichnium ancillarioides (Schepman, 1913)

References

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  • Valdés, Á. (2008). Deep-sea "cephalaspidean" heterobranchs (Gastropoda) from the tropical southwest Pacific. In: Héros, V. et al. (eds) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. 196: 587-792
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