MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Cylichna spreta R. B. Watson, 1897

ERMS name details

Cylichna spreta R. B. Watson, 1897

AphiaID

549915 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:549915)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Pyrunculus spretus (R. B. Watson, 1897)

Rank

Species

Parent

Cylichna Lovén, 1846

Original name

Cylichna spreta R. B. Watson, 1897

Environment

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

Original description

Watson, R. B. (1897). On the marine Mollusca of Madeira; with descriptions of thirty-five new species, and an index-list of all the known sea-dwelling species of that island. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology. 26(19): 233-329, pl. 19-20., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31882661
page(s): 234; pl. 19 fig. 1 [details]

Type data

Note Porto Santo

Type locality Porto Santo [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cylichna spreta R. B. Watson, 1897. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=549915 on 2026-08-17

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Cylichna spreta R. B. Watson, 1897. Accessed at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=549915 on 2026-08-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-12-04 13:34:42Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2024-05-04 20:03:49Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

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original description Watson, R. B. (1897). On the marine Mollusca of Madeira; with descriptions of thirty-five new species, and an index-list of all the known sea-dwelling species of that island. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology. 26(19): 233-329, pl. 19-20., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31882661
page(s): 234; pl. 19 fig. 1 [details]

additional source Malaquias, M. A. (2004). The opisthobranch molluscs described by the Reverend Robert Boog Watson from the Madeira archipelago (Northeast Atlantic, Portugal). Journal of Conchology. 38(3): 231-240., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.408138 [details] Available for editors

From editor or global species database

Type locality Porto Santo [details]

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