Cyclope
Not to be confused with Cyclopes (disambiguation).
| Cyclope | |
|---|---|
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| shells of Cyclope pellucida | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Nassariidae |
| Genus: | Cyclope Risso, 1826 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Buccinum neriteum Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Cyclope is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[2]
Species
Species within the genus Cyclope include:
- Cyclope neritea (Linnaeus, 1758)[3]
- Cyclope pellucida Risso, 1826[4]
- Species brought into synonymy
- Cyclope donovania Risso, 1826: synonym of Cyclope pellucidus Risso, 1826
- Cyclope neritoidea Risso, 1826 (Unnecessary substitute name for Buccinum neriteum Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Cyclope neritea (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cyclope tarentina Parenzan, 1970 : synonym of Cyclope neritea (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cyclope westerlundi Brusina, 1900: synonym of Cyclope neritea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Nomenclature
It was placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by ICZN opinion 793.[5] Its grammatical gender was ruled as feminine by this opinion, the name was inconsistently treated as feminine in the combination C. neritoidea and masculine in the combination C. pellucidus by Risso (1826).
References
- ↑ Risso, A. 1826. Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celle des environs de Nice et des Alps Maritimes. Paris: F.-G. Levrault. Vol. 4:vii + 439 pp., 12 pls. page(s): 170, 271
- 1 2 Cyclope Risso, 1826. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2012.
- ↑ Cyclope neritea (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
- ↑ Cyclope pellucida Risso, 1826. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
- ↑ (1966, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 23(5): 227).
- Montfort P. [Denys de] (1810) Conchyliologie systématique, et classification méthodique des coquilles [...]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16. Paris: Schoelle
- 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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