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List of Cyclophorus species

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Reference excerpt

Cyclophorus is a large genus of gastropods in the family Cyclophoridae. As of March 2025, there were 214 species recognised in the genus.

A Cyclophorus abditus Nantarat & Panha, 2014 Cyclophorus abletti Thach, 2023 Cyclophorus aborensis Godwin-Austen, 1915 Cyclophorus acutimarginatus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1842) Cyclophorus aetarum Möllendorff, 1895 Cyclophorus affinis Theobald, 1858 Cyclophorus alabastrinus (L. Pfeiffer, 1854) Cyclophorus alabatensis Kobelt, 1886 Cyclophorus altivagus W. H. Benson, 1854 Cyclophorus amoenus L. Pfeiffer, 1852 Cyclophorus anhi Thach, 2023 Cyclophorus appendiculatus L. Pfeiffer, 1854 Cyclophorus aquilus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1843) Cyclophorus arthriticus Theobald, 1864 Cyclophorus ateribalteiformis D.-N. Chen & G.-Q. Zhang, 1998 Cyclophorus atramentarium (G. B. Sowerby I, 1843) Cyclophorus aurantiacus (Schumacher, 1817) Cyclophorus aurora (W. H. Benson, 1851) Cyclophorus austenianus Preston, 1914

B Cyclophorus balteatus W. H. Benson, 1857 Cyclophorus bankanus E. von Martens, 1867 Cyclophorus bapuensis Godwin-Austen, 1915 Cyclophorus barandae Hidalgo, 1887 Cyclophorus batanicus Quadras & Möllendorff, 1894 Cyclophorus beddomeanus Preston, 1914 Cyclophorus benguetensis Hidalgo, 1888 Cyclophorus bensoni L. Pfeiffer, 1852 Cyclophorus borealis Nantarat & Panha, 2019 Cyclophorus bustoi Hidalgo, 1888

C Cyclophorus cambodgensis Morlet, 1885 Cyclophorus canaliferus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1842) Cyclophorus cantori (W. H. Benson, 1851) Cyclophorus caothaii Thach & F. Huber, 2020 Cyclophorus ceratodes Möllendorff, 1895 Cyclophorus ceylanicus L. Pfeiffer, 1852 Cyclophorus charpentieri (Mousson, 1849) Cyclophorus chitwanus Greke, 2024 Cyclophorus cicatricosus Gredler, 1894 Cyclophorus clouthianus Möllendorff, 1882 Cyclophorus consociatus E. A. Smith, 1893 Cyclophorus cornutus Kobelt, 1902 Cyclophorus coronensis Möllendorff, 1895 Cyclophorus courbeti Ancey, 1888 Cyclophorus crassalabella Godwin-Austen, 1888 Cyclophorus crocatus (Born, 1778) Cyclophorus cruentus E. von Martens, 1865 Cyclophorus cryptomphalus W. H. Benson, 1857 Cyclophorus cucphuongensis K. C. M. von Oheimb, 2019 Cyclophorus cucullatus (A. Gould, 1856) Cyclophorus cybeus (W. H. Benson, 1857)

D Cyclophorus daoae Thach, 2023 Cyclophorus daraganicus Hidalgo, 1888 Cyclophorus delavayanus Heude, 1885 Cyclophorus denselineatus L. Pfeiffer, 1852 Cyclophorus dilatatus Heude, 1886 Cyclophorus diplochilus Möllendorff, 1894 Cyclophorus dodrans Mabille, 1887 Cyclophorus donghoiensis Thach & F. Huber, 2017 Cyclophorus dubius (Morelet, 1881)

E Cyclophorus ectopoma Möllendorff, 1896 Cyclophorus elegans Möllendorff, 1881 Cyclophorus eudeli E. A. Smith, 1893 Cyclophorus everetti E. A. Smith, 1893 Cyclophorus exaltatus (L. Pfeiffer, 1855) Cyclophorus excellens L. Pfeiffer, 1854 Cyclophorus expansus L. Pfeiffer, 1852

F Cyclophorus fargesianus Heude, 1885 Cyclophorus fasciatus Kobelt, 1908 Cyclophorus fernandezi Hidalgo, 1888 Cyclophorus ferruginosus Heude, 1885 Cyclophorus flavilabris W. H. Benson, 1860 Cyclophorus floridus (L. Pfeiffer, 1855) Cyclophorus formosaensis G. Nevill, 1881 Cyclophorus franzhuberi Thach, 2017 Cyclophorus friesianus Möllendorff, 1883 Cyclophorus frinianus Heude, 1885 Cyclophorus fruhstorferi Möllendorff, 1901 Cyclophorus fulguratus (L. Pfeiffer, 1854) Cyclophorus fultoni Godwin-Austen & R. H. Beddome, 1894 Cyclophorus fuscicolor Godwin-Austen, 1876

G Cyclophorus granum Morelet, 1881

H Cyclophorus hangmonensis Raheem & S. Schneider, 2017 † Cyclophorus haughtoni Theobald, 1858 Cyclophorus hebereri B. Rensch, 1933 Cyclophorus hejingi Thach & F. Huber, 2020 Cyclophorus herklotsi E. von Martens, 1861 Cyclophorus himalayanus L. Pfeiffer, 1852 Cyclophorus hirasei Pilsbry, 1901 Cyclophorus horridulum (Morelet, 1882) Cyclophorus huberi Thach, 2016 Cyclophorus hunganhi Thach & F. Huber, 2020

I Cyclophorus ibyatensis L. Pfeiffer, 1854 Cyclophorus ignilabris Möllendorff, 1901 Cyclophorus implicatus Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1909 Cyclophorus indicus (Deshayes, 1832) Cyclophorus involvulus (O. F. Müller, 1774)

J Cyclophorus jerdoni (W. H. Benson, 1851) Cyclophorus johnabbasi Thach, 2020 Cyclophorus jourdyi Morlet, 1886

K Cyclophorus khongensis Thach & F. Huber, 2017 Cyclophorus kibleri Fulton, 1907 Cyclophorus kikaiensis Pilsbry, 1902 Cyclophorus kinabaluensis E. A. Smith, 1895 Cyclophorus koboensis Godwin-Austen, 1915 †Cyclophorus kubarensis T. Hirano & Matsuoka, 2024

L Cyclophorus labiosus (L. Pfeiffer, 1854) Cyclophorus leai (Tryon, 1869) Cyclophorus leucostomus (L. Pfeiffer, 1852) Cyclophorus linguiferus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1843) Cyclophorus lingulatus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1843) Cyclophorus loloensis Heude, 1890 Cyclophorus luridus (L. Pfeiffer, 1852)

M Cyclophorus malayanus (W. H. Benson, 1852) Cyclophorus mansuyi Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1908 Cyclophorus martensianus Möllendorff, 1874 Cyclophorus massiei Morlet, 1891 Cyclophorus menkeanus (R. A. Philippi, 1847) Cyclophorus microscopicus Morelet, 1881 Cyclophorus moellendorffi Schmacker & O. Boettger, 1891 Cyclophorus monachus (Morelet, 1866) Cyclophorus muii Thach, 2023 Cyclophorus muspratti Godwin-Austen & R. H. Beddome, 1894

N Cyclophorus nagaensis Godwin-Austen & R. H. Beddome, 1894 Cyclophorus ngankingensis Heude, 1882 Cyclophorus ngheanensis Thach & F. Huber, 2018 Cyclophorus niahensis Godwin-Austen, 1889 Cyclophorus nicobaricus L. Pfeiffer, 1865 Cyclophorus nigricans (L. Pfeiffer, 1862) Cyclophorus nilagiricus (W. H. Benson, 1852)

O Cyclophorus occultus Nantarat & Panha, 2019 Cyclophorus ophis Hanley, 1876 Cyclophorus orthostylus Möllendorff, 1898 Cyclophorus ouwensianus van Heurn & Paravicini, 1922

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Cyclophorus is a large genus of gastropods in the family Cyclophoridae. As of March 2025, there were 214 species recognised in the genus.

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