Cyclope pellucida
| Cyclope pellucida | |
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| 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 |
| Species: | C. pellucida |
| Binomial name | |
| Cyclope pellucida Risso, 1826 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Cyclope pellucida, common name : the cyclops nassa, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]
Even as Cyclope has been ruled to have a feminine gender by Opinion 793 of the ICZN,[2] Risso published the name as masculine Cyclope pellucidus and the synonym Cyclope donovania as feminine.
Description
The shell size varies between 5 mm and 12 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Mediterranean Sea (Greece)
References
- 1 2 Cyclope pellucida Risso, 1826. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 February 2011.
- ↑ 1966, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 23(5): 227
- 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
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