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.Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls
Species Species within the genus Cyllene include: † Cyllene angsanana K. Martin, 1921 Cyllene cernohorskyi Fernandes & Rolán, 1992 Cyllene chelonia Lorenz, 2023 Cyllene concinna A. Adams, 1851 † Cyllene desnoyersi (Basterot, 1825) Cyllene fuscata A. Adams, 1851 † Cyllene gracilenta (Yokoyama, 1928) Cyllene grayi Reeve, 1846 Cyllene lactea Adams & Angas, 1864 Cyllene lamarcki Cernohorsky, 1975 Cyllene lugubris Adams & Reeve, 1850 Cyllene orientalis A. Adams, 1851 Cyllene owenii Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834 Cyllene parvula Bozzetti, 2014 † Cyllene pretiosa Vredenburg, 1924 Cyllene pulchella Adams & Reeve, 1850 Cyllene royana (Iredale, 1924) Cyllene rubrolineata G.B. Sowerby II, 1870 † Cyllene satoi Amano, 2019 Cyllene sibogae Schepman, 1911 † Cyllene smithi K. Martin, 1884 Cyllene sulcata G.B. Sowerby II, 1859 Cyllene unimaculata A. Adams, 1855 † Cyllene vredenburgi Gupta, 1930
Species brought into synonymy † Cyllene degrangei Peyrot, 1927: synonym of † Cyllene desnoyersi (Basterot, 1825) Cyllene glabrata A. Adams, 1851 : synonym of Cyllene pulchella Adams & Reeve, 1850 † Cyllene helvetica Peyrot, 1927: synonym of † Cyllenina helvetica (Peyrot, 1927) Cyllene japonica Pilsbry, 1904 : synonym of Cyllene concinna A. Adams, 1851 Cyllene lamarcki Cernohorsky, 1975 : synonym of Cyllene desnoyersi lamarcki Cernohorsky, 1975 Cyllene lyrata Lamarck: synonym of Cyllene desnoyersi lamarcki; synonym of Cyllene lamarcki Cernohorsky, 1975 Cyllene lyratum (Lamarck, 1822) : synonym of Cyllene desnoyersi lamarcki Cernohorsky, 1975 Cyllene oblonga Schepman, 1911 : synonym of Cyllene pulchella Adams & Reeve, 1850 Cyllene pallida A. Adams, 1851 : synonym of Cyllene grayi Reeve, 1846 Cyllene plumbea Sowerby, 1859 : synonym of Cyllene grayi Reeve, 1846 Cyllene senegalensis Petit de la Saussaye, 1853 : synonym of Cyllene owenii Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834 Cyllene striata A. Adams, 1851 : synonym of Cyllene pulchella Adams & Reeve, 1850 Cyllene sulcata H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854: synonym of Cyllene sulcata G. B. Sowerby II, 1859 Cyllene varians Cossmann, 1903 : synonym of Cyllene grayi Reeve, 1846 Cyllene (Cyllene) bantamensis Oostingh, 1939 : synonym of Cyllene pulchella Adams & Reeve, 1850 Cyllene (Cyllene) lyrata (Lamarck, 1822) : synonym of Cyllene desnoyersi lamarcki Cernohorsky, 1975 Cyllene (Cyllene) varians Cossman, 1903 : synonym of Cyllene grayi Reeve, 1846
References
Lorenz F., 2023. A new species of Cyllene from New Ireland (Gastropoda: Nassariidae). Conchylia: 7-11
External links
Griffith E. & Pidgeon E. (1833-1834). The Mollusca and Radiata. Vol. 12, In: E. Griffith, (1824)−1835, The Animal Kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier, [...]. London: Whittaker and Co., viii + 601 pp., 61 pls. Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356 L. A.; Puillandre, N.; Utge, J.; Lozouet, P.; Bouchet, P. (2016). The phylogeny and systematics of the Nassariidae revisited (Gastropoda, Buccinoidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 99: 337-353