- Cyclope pellucidus
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Cyclope pellucidus 
shells of Cyclope pellucidus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade NeogastropodaSuperfamily: Buccinoidea Family: Nassariidae Genus: Cyclope Species: C. pellucidus Binomial name Cyclope pellucidus
Risso, 1826Synonyms[1] - Cyclope donovania Risso, 1826 (dubious synonym)
- Panormella lofasi da Costa, 1840
Cyclope pellucidus, 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.
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Description
The shell size varies between 5 mm and 12 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Mediterranean Sea.
References
- ^ a b Cyclope pellucidus Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140488 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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