Cyllene

Cyllene is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae, the nassa mud snails or dog whelks. Description The shell is ovate. The spire is short, acute with the suture canaliculated. The columella is concave, smooth or finely grooved. The outer lip shows a slight sinus at the forepart and is emarginate posteriorly and grooved internally. The acute operculum is ovate. Species Species within the genus Cyllene include: † Cyllene angsanana K. Martin, 1921 Cyllene cernohorskyi Fernandes & Rolán, 1992 Cyllene chelonia Lorenz, 2023 Cyllene concinna A. Adams, 1851 † Cyllene desnoyersi (Basterot, 1825) Cyllene fuscata A. Adams, 1851 † Cyllene gracilenta (Yokoyama, 1928) Cyllene grayi Reeve, 1846 Cyllene lactea Adams & Angas, 1864 Cyllene lamarcki Cernohorsky, 1975 Cyllene lugubris Adams & Reeve, 1850 Cyllene orientalis A. Adams, 1851 Cyllene owenii Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834 Cyllene parvula Bozzetti, 2014 † Cyllene pretiosa Vredenburg, 1924 Cyllene pulchella Adams & Reeve, 1850 Cyllene royana (Iredale, 1924) Cyllene rubrolineata G.B. Sowerby II, 1870 † Cyllene satoi Amano, 2019 Cyllene sibogae Schepman, 1911 † Cyllene smithi K. Martin, 1884 Cyllene sulcata G.B. Sowerby II, 1859 Cyllene unimaculata A. Adams, 1855 † Cyllene vredenburgi Gupta, 1930