WoRMS taxon details
Cylichnoides occultus (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842)
884604 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:884604)
accepted
Species
Bulla occulta Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842 † · unaccepted (original combination)
Bulla reinhardi Møller, 1842 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Bulla striata T. Brown, 1827 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Bulla...)
invalid: junior homonym of Bulla striata Bruguière, 1792
Cylichna occulata [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling)
Cylichna occulta (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842) · unaccepted
marine
recent + fossil
(of Bulla occulta Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842 †) Mighels, J. W.; Adams, C. B. (1842). Descriptions of twenty-four new species of New England shells. Boston Journal of Natural History, 4: 37-54, pl. 4., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5362938
page(s): 54; pl. 4 fig. 11 [details]
page(s): 54; pl. 4 fig. 11 [details]
Type locality contained in Maine
type locality contained in Maine [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Distribution Iceland, the North Sea, Norway, Spitsbergen, Greenland, Baffin Bay, Bering Sea, and from all Arctic seas of Russia, from...
Distribution Iceland, the North Sea, Norway, Spitsbergen, Greenland, Baffin Bay, Bering Sea, and from all Arctic seas of Russia, from the Barents to the Chukchi seas and Bering Strait. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Cylichnoides occultus (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=884604 on 2026-06-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Bulla occulta Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842 †) Mighels, J. W.; Adams, C. B. (1842). Descriptions of twenty-four new species of New England shells. Boston Journal of Natural History, 4: 37-54, pl. 4., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5362938
page(s): 54; pl. 4 fig. 11 [details]
original description (of Bulla reinhardi Møller, 1842) Møller, H. P. C. (1842). Index Molluscorum Groenlandiae. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4(1): 76-97., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2322910 [details]
original description (of Bulla striata T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from Nature. <em>W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London.</em> [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): iii, pl. 38, figs 41, 42; note: non Bruguière, 1792, nec Bulla ampulla striata Röding, 1798 [details]
basis of record Chaban E.M. (2016). Opisthobranch molluscs of «<i>Cylichna occulta</i> group» (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia: Cylichnidae) from the Chukchi Sea and adjacent waters. <em>The Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacological Society.</em> 20(1): 15-26., available online at https://zenodo.org/records/11087801 [details]
basis of record Chaban, E.; Schepetov, D.; Stanovova, M.; Zhuravliova, N.; Mirolyubov, A.; Ekimova, I. (2026). Integrative analysis of gastropod molluscs of the genus <i>Cylichnoides</i> (Heterobranchia: Cephalaspidea: Eoscaphandridae) in boreal and Arctic seas. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 207(1): zlag051: 1-24., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlag051
page(s): 5, figs 2, 4-6 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 54; pl. 4 fig. 11 [details]
original description (of Bulla reinhardi Møller, 1842) Møller, H. P. C. (1842). Index Molluscorum Groenlandiae. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4(1): 76-97., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2322910 [details]
original description (of Bulla striata T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from Nature. <em>W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London.</em> [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): iii, pl. 38, figs 41, 42; note: non Bruguière, 1792, nec Bulla ampulla striata Röding, 1798 [details]
basis of record Chaban E.M. (2016). Opisthobranch molluscs of «<i>Cylichna occulta</i> group» (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia: Cylichnidae) from the Chukchi Sea and adjacent waters. <em>The Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacological Society.</em> 20(1): 15-26., available online at https://zenodo.org/records/11087801 [details]
basis of record Chaban, E.; Schepetov, D.; Stanovova, M.; Zhuravliova, N.; Mirolyubov, A.; Ekimova, I. (2026). Integrative analysis of gastropod molluscs of the genus <i>Cylichnoides</i> (Heterobranchia: Cephalaspidea: Eoscaphandridae) in boreal and Arctic seas. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 207(1): zlag051: 1-24., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlag051
page(s): 5, figs 2, 4-6 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unknown type (of Bulla striata T. Brown, 1827) [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution Iceland, the North Sea, Norway, Spitsbergen, Greenland, Baffin Bay, Bering Sea, and from all Arctic seas of Russia, from the Barents to the Chukchi seas and Bering Strait. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | concealed chalice-bubble snail [from synonym]concealed chalice-bubble [from synonym] | [details] |
| German | Verborgene Kelchschnecke [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Cylichna occulta (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Cylichna occulta (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842))
To Malacopics (Cylichnoides occultus (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842) Russia, Murmanskaja Oblast, Kan...
To PESI (from synonym Cylichna occulta (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842))
To PESI (from synonym Bulla occulta Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842 †)
To PESI (from synonym Bulla reinhardi Møller, 1842)
To The Arctic Traits Database (0 traits) (from synonym Cylichna occulta (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842))
To The Arctic Traits Database (5 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cylichna occulta (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Cylichna occulta (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842))
To Malacopics (Cylichnoides occultus (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842) Russia, Murmanskaja Oblast, Kan...
To PESI (from synonym Cylichna occulta (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842))
To PESI (from synonym Bulla occulta Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842 †)
To PESI (from synonym Bulla reinhardi Møller, 1842)
To The Arctic Traits Database (0 traits) (from synonym Cylichna occulta (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842))
To The Arctic Traits Database (5 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cylichna occulta (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842))
