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Cylichna faba

Gastropoda - Opisthobranchiata - Cylichnidae

Taxonomy

Bulla faba was named by Kner (1869).

It was recombined as Cylichna faba by Böhm (1891).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. acrotoma, C. anthera, C. anticingulata, C. arachis, C. bruguierei, C. bruguieri, C. cilindracea, C. clathrata, C. conica, C. consors, C. coronata, C. cylindracea, C. cylindricus, C. cylindrus, C. decapitata, C. defuncta, C. dekayi, C. discifera, C. duplinensis, C. elacate, C. gliberti, C. goniophora, C. intermissia curta, C. jaba, C. laurenti, C. lineata, C. meyeri, C. multistriata, C. nida, C. pseudoconvoluta, C. quercinensis, C. raristriata, C. recta, C. secalian, C. semistriata, C. sowerbyi, C. sublaevis, C. takashimensis, C. teres, C. thomsoniana, C. totomiensis, C. tournoueri, C. triplicata, C. truncata, C. tubulosa, C. urgonensis, C. vandervlerki, C. verneuili, C. coronata, C. pseudoconvolata, C. pseudoconvoluta, C. subcylindrica, C. durgae, C. vandervlerki, C. acrotoma, C. bicarinata, C. sibogae

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1869	Bulla faba Kner
1891	Cylichna faba Böhm p. 53

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca

Rank	Name	Author
class	Gastropoda
order	Opisthobranchiata	(Milne-Edwards 1848)
order	Cephalaspidea	Fischer 1883
superfamily	Philinoidea	Gray 1850
family	Cylichnidae	Adams 1850
genus	Cylichna	Lovén 1846
species	faba	(Kner 1869)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Cylichna faba Kner 1869

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

actively mobilef

Life habit:

epifaunalf

Diet:

carnivoref

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2009-09-10 07:31:23

Modified:

2009-09-10 09:31:23

Source: f = family, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Poland	Cylichna faba (28084)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Germany	Cylichna faba (213668)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Poland	Cylichna faba (27818 27819 28079 28081)