Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Order Cephalaspidea > Family Cephalaspidea incertae sedis > Genus Cylichnium

Cylichnium africanum (Locard, 1897)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

CylichniumDall, 1908accepted genus name
Cylichnella (Cylichnium) Dall, 1908 synonym

Species group names

Aceras africana Locard, 1897 synonym
Aceras fischeri Locard, 1897 synonym

Literature

basis of record

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.

new combination reference

Bouchet, P. (1975). Opisthobranches de profondeur de l'Ocean Atlantique. I Cephalaspidea. Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 16(3): 317-365.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cylichnium africanum (Locard, 1897). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140068

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Occurrence

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Environment


marine

Importance

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Last modified

2004-12-21 by Serge Gofas

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