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Cylichnatys campanula Burn, 1978:104

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Cyliclinatys campanula Burn, 1978 [orth. error used by McNamara et al. 1991:34]

 

Conservation Status

Last record: subfossil to Recent (Burn, 1978:107); 1886 or before (dead shell collected by C. E. Beddome; age unknown) (Burn, 1978:106,107)

Rediscovered in: 1971 as a living animal by Mr. K. N. Bell, prior to scientific description (Burn, 1978:107-108)

 

Distribution

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria & Western Australia, Australia

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

Paratypes:

WAM 77.208

 

Other specimens:

WA M 77.81

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Burn, Robert. (1978). A review of Australian species of Austrocylichna, Nipponatys, Cylichnatys and Diniatvs (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Haminoeidae). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 4(1-2): 93-112.

 

Other references:

Burn, Robert. (2006). A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait
area, south-eastern Australia
. Museum Victoria Science Reports 10: 1-38.

McNamara, Kenneth J., Long, John A. and Brimmell, K. (1991). Catalogue of type fossils in the Western Australian Museum. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement No. 39: 1-106.

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cylichnatys campanula Burn, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531571 on 2025-06-04

 

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