Cyclope

Cyclope
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]
Cencus Gistel, 1848 Cyclonassa Swainson, 1840 Cyclops Montfort, 1810 (Invalid: junior homonym of Cyclops O.F. Müller, 1785 [Crustacea]) Nana Schumacher, 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 Neritula H. Adans & A. Adams, 1853 (Objective synonym of Cyclope) Panormella Costa, 1840

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

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. 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).

• 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