Cyllene
Cyllene sulcata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Cyllene
[Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834
Type species
Cyllene owenii Gray, J.E. in Griffith, E. & E. Pidgeon, 1834
Synonyms[1]
  • Cyllene (Cyllene) Gray, 1834
  • 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]

Description

The shell is ovate. The spire is short, acute with the suture canaliculated. The columella is concave, smooth or finely grooved. The outer lip shows a slight sinus at the forepart and is emarginate posteriorly and grooved internally.

The acute operculum is ovate.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Cyllene include:

  • Cyllene angsanana K. Martin, 1921
  • Cyllene cernohorskyi Fernandes & Rolán, 1992
  • Cyllene chelonia Lorenz, 2023
  • Cyllene concinna A. Adams, 1851
  • Cyllene desnoyersi (Basterot, 1825) [3]
  • Cyllene fuscata A. Adams, 1851
  • Cyllene gracilenta (Yokoyama, 1928)
  • Cyllene grayi Reeve, 1846
  • Cyllene lactea Adams & Angas, 1864
  • Cyllene lamarcki Cernohorsky, 1975
  • Cyllene lugubris Adams & Reeve, 1850
  • Cyllene orientalis A. Adams, 1851
  • Cyllene owenii Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834
  • Cyllene parvula Bozzetti, 2014
  • Cyllene pretiosa Vredenburg, 1924
  • Cyllene pulchella Adams & Reeve, 1850
  • Cyllene royana (Iredale, 1924)
  • Cyllene rubrolineata G.B. Sowerby II, 1870
  • Cyllene satoi Amano, 2019
  • Cyllene sibogae Schepman, 1911
  • Cyllene smithi K. Martin, 1884
  • Cyllene sulcata G.B. Sowerby II, 1859
  • Cyllene unimaculata A. Adams, 1855
  • Cyllene vredenburgi Gupta, 1930
Species brought into synonymy
  • Cyllene degrangei Peyrot, 1927: synonym of † Cyllene desnoyersi (Basterot, 1825)
  • Cyllene glabrata A. Adams, 1851 : synonym of Cyllene pulchella Adams & Reeve, 1850
  • Cyllene helvetica Peyrot, 1927: synonym of † Cyllenina helvetica (Peyrot, 1927)
  • 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 ; synonym of Cyllene lamarcki Cernohorsky, 1975
  • 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 sulcata H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854: synonym of Cyllene sulcata G. B. Sowerby II, 1859
  • 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

References

  • Lorenz F. , 2023. A new species of Cyllene from New Ireland (Gastropoda: Nassariidae). Conchylia: 7-11
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