North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Cylichna alba (T. Brown, 1827)

AphiaID

139474 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139474)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Cylichna Lovén, 1846

Original name

Volvaria alba T. Brown, 1827

Synonymised names

Bulla triticea Couthouy, 1838 · unaccepted (synonym)

Volvaria alba T. Brown, 1827 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Volvaria alba T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from Nature. W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London. [i–vi] + i–v pp., 52 pls [1–52, 10*, with unpaginated plate explanations]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868
page(s): pl. 38 fig. 43-44 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cylichna alba (T. Brown, 1827). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139474 on 2026-07-06

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Cylichna alba (T. Brown, 1827). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=139474 on 2026-07-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2019-03-16 16:56:28Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description (of Bulla triticea Couthouy, 1838) Couthouy, J. P. (1838). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca and shells, and remarks on several Polypii, found in Massachussets Bay. Boston Journal of Natural History. 2(1): 53-111, pl. 1-3., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32266711 [details]

original description (of Volvaria alba T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from Nature. W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London. [i–vi] + i–v pp., 52 pls [1–52, 10*, with unpaginated plate explanations]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868
page(s): pl. 38 fig. 43-44 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

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., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Rosenberg, G. (2004). Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at https://web.archive.org/web/20250405073114/http://www.malacolog.org/ [details]

additional source Valdés A. (2019). Northeast Pacific benthic shelled sea slugs. Zoosymposia. 13: 242-304., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zoosymposia.13.1.21
page(s): 263, figs 10A-C [details]