Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Alternative spellings: Acteocina (Cylichnella), Tornatina (Cylichnella)
Parent taxon: Cylichnidae according to M. Harzhauser 2007
See also Harris and Palmer 1947, Mansfield 1925, Maury 1917, Olsson and Harbison 1953, Sepkoski 2002, Todd 2001 and Woodring 1928
Sister taxa: Abderospira, Acteocina, Bullaria, Bullichna, Cylichna, Cylichnania, Philine, Scaphander, Suwannescapha, Taita
Subtaxa: Cylichnella atacata Cylichnella biplicata Cylichnella bitruncata Cylichnella duqmensis Cylichnella ovumlacerti Cylichnella stibara Cylichnella triticumtritonis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), the Dominican Republic (2), United States (8: Alaska, California, Florida, Mississippi)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (5), the Dominican Republic (1), Jamaica (3), Panama (6), Trinidad and Tobago (2), United States (3: Florida)
• Miocene of Australia (1), the Dominican Republic (2), France (1), Grenada (1), Panama (34), Trinidad and Tobago (3), United States (13: Florida)
• Oligocene of Oman (1)
• Eocene of United States (4: Louisiana, Mississippi)
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Alabama, Georgia)
Total: 93 collections including 94 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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