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:

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

Species brought into synonymy 
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.