WoRMS taxon details
Cylichna alba (T. Brown, 1827)
139474 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139474)
accepted
Species
Bulla triticea Couthouy, 1838 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cylichna consobrina A. A. Gould, 1859 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Cylichna tayamaensis T. Habe, 1956 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Haminea grisea E. A. Smith, 1875 · unaccepted (incorrect spelling of genus name)
Haminoea grisea E. A. Smith, 1875 · unaccepted
Volvaria alba T. Brown, 1827 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Volvaria alba 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): pl. 38 fig. 43-44 [details]
page(s): pl. 38 fig. 43-44 [details]
Distribution Western Antlantic: 82°N to 41°N; 75°W to 0°W. North Greenland, West Greenland; USA: Maine, Connecticut; Brazil; Brazil:...
Distribution Western Antlantic: 82°N to 41°N; 75°W to 0°W. North Greenland, West Greenland; USA: Maine, Connecticut; Brazil; Brazil: Pernambuco. Northeast Pacific from the Aleutian Islands and Bering Sea, Alaska to Boundary Bay, British Columbia; 20–350 m. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Cylichna alba (T. Brown, 1827). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139474 on 2026-08-24
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Volvaria alba 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): pl. 38 fig. 43-44 [details]
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. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 2(1): 53-111, pl. 1-3., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32266711 [details]
original description (of Cylichna consobrina A. A. Gould, 1859) Gould, A. A. (1859). Descriptions of new species of shells brought home by the North Pacific Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 7: 138-142., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9249698
page(s): 141. [details]
original description (of Cylichna tayamaensis T. Habe, 1956) Habe T. (1956). A list of the cephalaspid opisthobranchiate molluscs from Japan. <em>Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan.</em> 16-19: 54-79, pl. 4.
page(s): 72-73, pl. 4, fig. 14 [details]
original description (of Haminea grisea E. A. Smith, 1875) Higo, S.; Callomon, P.; Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp.
page(s): 114. [details] Available for editors
[request]
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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
page(s): pl. 38 fig. 43-44 [details]
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. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 2(1): 53-111, pl. 1-3., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32266711 [details]
original description (of Cylichna consobrina A. A. Gould, 1859) Gould, A. A. (1859). Descriptions of new species of shells brought home by the North Pacific Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 7: 138-142., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9249698
page(s): 141. [details]
original description (of Cylichna tayamaensis T. Habe, 1956) Habe T. (1956). A list of the cephalaspid opisthobranchiate molluscs from Japan. <em>Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan.</em> 16-19: 54-79, pl. 4.
page(s): 72-73, pl. 4, fig. 14 [details]
original description (of Haminea grisea E. A. Smith, 1875) Higo, S.; Callomon, P.; Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp.
page(s): 114. [details] Available for editors
[request]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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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. <em>Zoosymposia.</em> 13: 242-304., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zoosymposia.13.1.21
page(s): 263, figs 10A-C [details] Available for editors [request]
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. <em>Zoosymposia.</em> 13: 242-304., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zoosymposia.13.1.21
page(s): 263, figs 10A-C [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unknown type (of Volvaria alba T. Brown, 1827) [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution Western Antlantic: 82°N to 41°N; 75°W to 0°W. North Greenland, West Greenland; USA: Maine, Connecticut; Brazil; Brazil: Pernambuco. Northeast Pacific from the Aleutian Islands and Bering Sea, Alaska to Boundary Bay, British Columbia; 20–350 m. [details]Unreviewed
Dimensions maximum size of 5 mm in length [details]Habitat bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | white chalice-bubble snailwhite chalice-bubble | [details] |
| French | cylichna blanc | [details] |
| German | Weiße KelchschneckeWeiße Becherschnecke | [details] |
| Japanese | イトコカイコガイダマシ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (29 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Cylichna consobrina A. A. Gould, 1859)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (215 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cylichna alba)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To Malacopics (Cylichna alba (T. Brown, 1827) Norway, Troms, Senja Island, Lenvik, beached, collec...
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Bulla triticea Couthouy, 1838)
To PESI (from synonym Volvaria alba T. Brown, 1827)
To The Arctic Traits Database (25 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 032656)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Cylichna consobrina A. A. Gould, 1859)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (215 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cylichna alba)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To Malacopics (Cylichna alba (T. Brown, 1827) Norway, Troms, Senja Island, Lenvik, beached, collec...
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Bulla triticea Couthouy, 1838)
To PESI (from synonym Volvaria alba T. Brown, 1827)
To The Arctic Traits Database (25 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 032656)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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