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Cylichna occulta (Mighels & Adams, 1842)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Opistobranchia - opisthobranchs »  family Cylichnidae »  genus Cylichna

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Cylichna occulta

Author: Systematisches Conchylien Cabinet.

Taxon in country check-lists*

Arctic, Europe: Russia, North America: Alaska

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Description

Cylichnoides occultus: Cylichna occulta: Shell solid, white, covered with a very thin, whitish-yellow epidermis; ovate, rather short and swollen, the diameter about two-thirds the altitude. Vertex obtusely truncated, slightly concave in the middle; base rounded aperture not very narrow, dilated below, the outer lip projecting above the crown of the shell, a little arcuate and inflexed in the middle; columella nearly straight, with a broad fold. Surface smooth, polished, shining, but covered with many impressed undulating lines, which are quite conspicuous.
Source: Oldroyd, I.S. 1927 . The Marine Shells of the West Coast of North America. Volume IIa

Distribution

Cylichnoides occultus: Cylichna occulta: Point Barrow, Aleutian Islands; circumboreal.
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Cylichna occulta (Mighels & Adams, 1842)]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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