Cyllene (gastropod)


Cyllene is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae, the nassa mud snails or dog whelks.

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.

Species

Species within the genus Cyllene include:
  • † Cyllene angsanana K. Martin, 1921Cyllene cernohorskyi Fernandes & Rolán, 1992Cyllene chelonia Lorenz, 2023Cyllene concinna A. Adams, 1851
  • † Cyllene desnoyersi Cyllene fuscata A. Adams, 1851
  • † Cyllene gracilenta Cyllene grayi Reeve, 1846Cyllene lactea Adams & Angas, 1864Cyllene lamarcki Cernohorsky, 1975Cyllene lugubris Adams & Reeve, 1850Cyllene orientalis A. Adams, 1851Cyllene owenii Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834Cyllene parvula Bozzetti, 2014
  • † Cyllene pretiosa Vredenburg, 1924Cyllene pulchella Adams & Reeve, 1850Cyllene royana Cyllene rubrolineata G.B. Sowerby II, 1870
  • † Cyllene satoi Amano, 2019 Cyllene sibogae Schepman, 1911
  • † Cyllene smithi K. Martin, 1884Cyllene sulcata G.B. Sowerby II, 1859Cyllene unimaculata A. Adams, 1855
  • † Cyllene vredenburgi Gupta, 1930
; Species brought into synonymy :
  • † Cyllene degrangei Peyrot, 1927: synonym of † Cyllene desnoyersi Cyllene glabrata A. Adams, 1851 : synonym of Cyllene pulchella Adams & Reeve, 1850
  • † Cyllene helvetica Peyrot, 1927: synonym of † Cyllenina helvetica Cyllene japonica Pilsbry, 1904 : synonym of Cyllene concinna A. Adams, 1851Cyllene lamarcki Cernohorsky, 1975 : synonym of Cyllene desnoyersi lamarcki Cernohorsky, 1975Cyllene lyrata Lamarck: synonym of Cyllene desnoyersi lamarcki; synonym of Cyllene lamarcki Cernohorsky, 1975Cyllene lyratum : synonym of Cyllene desnoyersi lamarcki Cernohorsky, 1975Cyllene oblonga Schepman, 1911 : synonym of Cyllene pulchella Adams & Reeve, 1850Cyllene pallida A. Adams, 1851 : synonym of Cyllene grayi Reeve, 1846Cyllene plumbea Sowerby, 1859 : synonym of Cyllene grayi Reeve, 1846Cyllene senegalensis Petit de la Saussaye, 1853 : synonym of Cyllene owenii Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834Cyllene striata A. Adams, 1851 : synonym of Cyllene pulchella Adams & Reeve, 1850Cyllene sulcata H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854: synonym of Cyllene sulcata G. B. Sowerby II, 1859Cyllene varians Cossmann, 1903 : synonym of Cyllene grayi Reeve, 1846Cyllene bantamensis Oostingh, 1939 : synonym of Cyllene pulchella Adams & Reeve, 1850Cyllene lyrata : synonym of Cyllene desnoyersi lamarcki Cernohorsky, 1975Cyllene varians Cossman, 1903 : synonym of Cyllene grayi Reeve, 1846