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