Cyclope pellucidus

Cyclope pellucidus
Cyclope pellucidus
shells of Cyclope pellucidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Cyclope
Species: C. pellucidus
Binomial name
Cyclope pellucidus
Risso, 1826
Synonyms[1]
  • Cyclope donovania Risso, 1826 (dubious synonym)
  • Panormella lofasi da Costa, 1840

Cyclope pellucidus, common name : the cyclops nassa, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]

Even as Cyclope has been ruled to have a feminine gender by Opinion 793 of the ICZN [2], Risso published the name as masculine Cyclope pellucidus and the synonym Cyclope donovania as feminine.

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Description

The shell size varies between 5 mm and 12 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Mediterranean Sea.

References

  1. ^ a b Cyclope pellucidus Risso, 1826.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140488 on 24 February 2011.
  2. ^ 1966, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 23(5): 227
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the Family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1-356
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213

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