Cyclope

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Cyclope
Nana donovani.jpg
shells of Tritia 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]
  • CencusGistel, 1848
  • CyclonassaSwainson, 1840
  • CyclopsMontfort, 1810 (Invalid: junior homonym of Cyclops O.F. Müller, 1785 [Crustacea])
  • NanaSchumacher, 1817(Invalid: Placed on the Official Index by ICZN Opinion 793)
  • Nanina Risso, 1826
  • Nassarius (Cyclope)Risso, 1826
  • Nassarius (Neritula)H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • NeritulaH. Adans & A. Adams, 1853(Objective synonym of Cyclope)
  • PanormellaCosta, 1840

Cyclope is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks. [2]

Contents

This genus has become a synonym of Tritia Risso, 1826 . [2]

Species

Species brought into synonymy

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).

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References

  1. ↑ 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
  2. 1 2 3 Cyclope Risso, 1826 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 18 April 2012.
  3. ↑ Cyclope neritea (Linnaeus, 1758) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 18 April 2010.
  4. ↑ Cyclope pellucida Risso, 1826 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 18 April 2010.
  5. ↑ (1966, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 23(5): 227).


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