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[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]

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

External links

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