Cyllene (gastropod)

Cyllene (gastropod)
Cyllene
Cyllene sulcata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Nassariidae
Subfamily: Cylleninae
Genus: Cyllene
Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834
Type species
Cyllene owenii Gray, J.E. in Griffith, E. & E. Pidgeon, 1834
Synonyms

Radulphus Iredale, 1924

Cyllene is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Cyllene include:

  • Cyllene angsanana K. Martin, 1921
  • Cyllene cernohorskyi Fernandes & Rolán, 1992
  • Cyllene concinna A. Adams, 1851
  • Cyllene desnoyersi [2]
  • Cyllene gracilenta (Yokoyama, 1928)
  • Cyllene grayi Reeve, 1846
  • Cyllene lactea Adams & Angas, 1864
  • Cyllene lugubris Adams & Reeve, 1850
  • Cyllene orientalis A. Adams, 1851
  • Cyllene owenii Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834
  • Cyllene pretiosa Vredenburg, 1924
  • Cyllene pulchella Adams & Reeve, 1850
  • Cyllene royana (Iredale, 1924)
  • Cyllene rubrolineata Sowerby, 1870
  • Cyllene sibogae Schepman, 1911
  • Cyllene smithi K. Martin, 1884
  • Cyllene sulcata Sowerby, 1859
  • Cyllene unimaculata A. Adams, 1855
  • Cyllene vredenburgi Gupta, 1930

The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following species with names in current use : [3]

  • Cyllene fuscata A. Adams, 1851
Species brought into synonymy 
  • Cyllene glabrata A. Adams, 1851 : synonym of Cyllene pulchella Adams & Reeve, 1850
  • Cyllene japonica Pilsbry, 1904 : synonym of Cyllene concinna A. Adams, 1851
  • Cyllene lamarcki Cernohorsky, 1975 : synonym of Cyllene desnoyersi lamarcki Cernohorsky, 1975
  • Cyllene lyrata Lamarck[4] : synonym of Cyllene desnoyersi lamarcki
  • Cyllene lyratum (Lamarck, 1822) : synonym of Cyllene desnoyersi lamarcki Cernohorsky, 1975
  • Cyllene oblonga Schepman, 1911 : synonym of Cyllene pulchella Adams & Reeve, 1850
  • Cyllene pallida A. Adams, 1851 : synonym of Cyllene grayi Reeve, 1846
  • Cyllene plumbea Sowerby, 1859 : synonym of Cyllene grayi Reeve, 1846
  • Cyllene senegalensis Petit de la Saussaye, 1853 : synonym of Cyllene owenii Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834
  • Cyllene striata A. Adams, 1851 : synonym of Cyllene pulchella Adams & Reeve, 1850
  • Cyllene varians Cossmann, 1903 : synonym of Cyllene grayi Reeve, 1846
  • Cyllene (Cyllene) bantamensis Oostingh, 1939 : synonym of Cyllene pulchella Adams & Reeve, 1850
  • Cyllene (Cyllene) lyrata (Lamarck, 1822) : synonym of Cyllene desnoyersi lamarcki Cernohorsky, 1975
  • Cyllene (Cyllene) varians Cossman, 1903 : synonym of Cyllene grayi Reeve, 1846
Nomen nudum 
  • Cyllene sulcata H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 (nomen nudum)

References

  1. ^ Cyllene Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225363 on 24 February 2011.
  2. ^ Cyllene desnoyersi .  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225391 on 18 April 2010.
  3. ^ OBIS : Cyllene
  4. ^ Cyllene lyrata Lamarck.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225366 on 18 April 2010.

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