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Cyllene

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Taxonomy
Cyllene was named by Gray (1834) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Nassariidae by MacNeil (1960); to Nassariinae by Wilson (1994); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
C. fuscata (syn. C. varians), C. pretiosa
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. pulchella

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Cyllene Gray
1960Cyllene MacNeil p. 82
1994Cyllene Wilson p. 76
2002Cyllene Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyNassariidaeIredale 1916
genusCylleneGray 1834

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Cyllene Gray 1834
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Cyllene fuscata Adams 1851
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Invalid names: Cyllene varians Cossmann 1903 [synonym]
†Cyllene pretiosa Vredenburg 1923
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available