Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Nassariidae Scientific name Cyllene desnoyersi | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Buccinoidea Subfamily Cylleninae Rank Species | |
Similar Cyllene, Dorsanum miran, Cyclope, Bullia, Nassariidae | ||
Cyllene desnoyersi is a fossil species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.
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There is one subspecies Cyllene desnoyersi lamarcki Cernohorsky, 1975 (synonyms : Cyllene lamarcki Cernohorsky, 1975; Cyllene lyrata (Lamarck, 1822)
Description
The shell grows to a length of 11 mm.
Distribution
The species is distributed in the Atlantic Ocean along Gabon and Angola
References
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