Cyclope neritea

Cyclope neritea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Cyclope
Species:	C. neritea
Binomial name
Cyclope neritea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Buccinum neriteum Linnaeus, 1758 Cyclonassa carinata Coën, 1933 Cyclonassa diluta Coën, 1937 Cyclonassa fasciata Coën, 1933 Cyclonassa vernicata Coën, 1933 Cyclope neritoidea Risso, 1826 (Unnecessary substitute name for Buccinum neriteum Linnaeus, 1758) Cyclope tarentina Parenzan, 1970 Cyclope westerlundi Brusina, 1900 Cyclops asterizans Montfort, 1810 Cyclops kamiesch Chenu, 1859 Nana neritea (Linnaeus, 1758) Nanina unifasciata Risso, 1826 Nassa albida Requien, 1848 Nassa callosa Pallary, 1912 Nassa callosa var. communis Pallary, 1919 Nassa callosa var. compacta Pallary, 1919 Nassa callosa var. depressa Pallary, 1919 Nassa callosa var. discoidea Pallary, 1919 Nassa callosa var. elongata Pallary, 1919 Nassa callosa var. gibba Pallary, 1919 Nassa callosa var. globulosa Pallary, 1919 Nassa callosa var. kamieschensis Pallary, 1919 Nassa callosa var. lactescens Pallary, 1919 Nassa callosa var. platystoma Pallary, 1919 Nassa inflata Locard & Caziot, 1900 Nassa italica Issel, 1869 Nassa lutescens Requien, 1848 Nassa major Requien, 1848 Nassa media Requien, 1848 Nassa minima Requien, 1848 Nassa minor Weinkauff, 1868 Nassa neritoides Lamarck, 1816 Nassa vayssierei Pallary, 1903 Neritula mucronata Locard, 1887

Cyclope neritea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.^[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 5 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the following locations:

• Atlantic Europe
• European waters
• Mediterranean Sea : Greece
• the Black Sea

References

1. Cyclope neritea (Linnaeus, 1758).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2012.

• Morton J. (1960) The habits of Cyclope neritea, a style-bearing stenoglossan gastropod. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 34(2): 96–105.
• Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1-356
• 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
• Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Annu. Rev. 43: 419-453

External links

• Gastropods.com: Cyclope (Cyclope) neritea