Superfamily Buccinoidea | Scientific name Cyclope pellucidus Rank Species | |
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Similar Cyclope, Tritia neritea, Homalopoma sanguineum, Nassarius arcularia, Pollia dorbignyi | ||
Tritia pellucida, 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.
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Even as Cyclope has been ruled to have a feminine gender by Opinion 793 of the ICZN, Risso published the name as masculine Cyclope pellucidus and the synonym Cyclope donovania as feminine.
Description
The shell size varies between 5 mm and 12 mm
Distribution
This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea (Greece)
References
Tritia pellucida Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA