Cyllene lamarcki is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]
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| Two shells of Cyllene lamarcki (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Nassariidae |
| Genus: | Cyllene |
| Species: | C. lamarcki
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| Binomial name | |
| Cyllene lamarcki (Basterot, 1825) †
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Cernohorsky (1984) considers this as a chrono-subspecies of the Miocene Cyllene desnoyersi (Basterot, 1825)[2]
Description edit
The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 17 mm.
The ovate shell is oblong and thick. It is of a bluish white, with distant red spots. The spire is short and pointed. It is composed of five or six indistinct whorls. The suture is simple. These whorls are ornamented with longitudinal folds or ribs, narrow, and regular, finer and closer towards the lip. Upon the body whorl, which is somewhat ventricose, the ribs are slightly arcuated throughout their whole length. They descend quite to the base, and towards that point they are intersected by transverse striae. Similar striae exist at the upper part of the lowest whorl, which is flattened. The aperture is elongated, and dilated in the middle. Its interior is violet colored. The thick outer lip is striated internally.[3]
Distribution edit
The species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Gabon, the Gulf of Guinea and Angola
References edit
- ^ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Cyllene lamarcki. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=555200 on 2016-05-05
- ^ Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356.
- ^ Kiener (1840). General species and iconography of recent shells : comprising the Massena Museum, the collection of Lamarck, the collection of the Museum of Natural History, and the recent discoveries of travellers; Boston :W.D. Ticknor,1837 (described as Buccinum lyratum Lamarck, 1822)
- Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.
- Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp.
External links edit
- "Cyllene desnoyersi desnoyersi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 14 February 2011.