Cyllene (gastropod)

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Cyllene
Cyllene sulcata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Cyllene
[[[John Edward Gray|Gray]] in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834
Type species
Cyllene owenii Gray, J.E. in Griffith, E. & E. Pidgeon, 1834
Synonyms[1]
  • Cyllene (Cyllene) Gray, 1834
  • Radulphus Iredale, 1924

Cyllene is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae, the nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]

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.[2]

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