Cymbium (gastropod)
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| shell of Cymbium glans | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Volutoidea |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Genus: | Cymbium Röding, 1798[1] |
| Type species | |
| Cymbium jacobinum Röding, 1798 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Cymbium is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.[2]
Description[edit]
The oval-oblong shell is ventricose. The spire is short, the protoconch is large, globular, deciduous, when present forming an obtuse papillary apex. The few whorls form a flat edge round the protoconch. The aperture is oblong and wide The columella shows several oblique plaits. The outer lip is thin and simple.[3]
Distribution[edit]
All the species of this genus are restricted to Western Africa.
Species[edit]
Species within the genus Cymbium include:
- Cymbium coenyei Nolf, 2017
- Cymbium cucumis Röding, 1798[4]
- Cymbium cymbium (Linnaeus, 1758)[5]
- Cymbium fragile Fittkau & Stürmer, 1985[6]
- Cymbium glans (Gmelin, 1791)[7]
- Cymbium gracile (Broderip, 1830)[8]
- Cymbium marmoratum Link, 1807[9]
- Cymbium olla (Linnaeus, 1758)[10]
- Cymbium pachyus (Pallary, 1930)[11]
- Cymbium patulum (Broderip, 1830)[12]
- Cymbium pepo (Lightfoot, 1786)[13]
- Cymbium senegalense Marche-Marchad, 1978[14]
- Cymbium souliei Marche-Marchad, 1974[15]
- Cymbium tritonis (Broderip, 1830)[16]
- Species brought into synonymy
- Cymbium aethiopicum (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Melo aethiopicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cymbium caputvelatum Bruynseels, 1975: synonym of Cymbium tritonis (Broderip, 1830)
- Cymbium cisium Menke, 1828: synonym of Cymbium cymbium (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cymbium flammeum Röding, 1798: synonym of Melo amphora (Lightfoot, 1786)
- Cymbium guttatum Röding, 1798: synonym of Cymbium pepo (Lightfoot, 1786)
- Cymbium indicum (Gmelin, 1790):[17] synonym of Melo melo (Lightfoot, 1786)
- Cymbium inflata Röding, 1798: synonym of Cymbium pepo (Lightfoot, 1786)
- Cymbium jacobinum Röding, 1798: synonym of Cymbium cymbium (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cymbium maculatum Röding, 1798: synonym of Melo melo (Lightfoot, 1786)
- Cymbium melo (Lightfoot, 1786): synonym of Melo melo (Lightfoot, 1786)
- Cymbium navicula Gmelin, 1791: synonym of Cymbium pepo (Lightfoot, 1786)
- Cymbium neptuni Gmelin, 1791: synonym of Cymbium pepo (Lightfoot, 1786)
- Cymbium papillaris Gmelin, 1791: synonym of Cymbium pepo (Lightfoot, 1786)
- Cymbium papillatum Schumacher, 1817: synonym of Cymbium olla (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cymbium philipinum Röding, 1798: synonym of Cymbium olla (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cymbium praeputium Röding, 1798: synonym of Cymbium pepo (Lightfoot, 1786)
- Cymbium productum R. T. Lowe, 1861: synonym of Cymbium olla (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cymbium rubiginosum (R. T. Lowe, 1861): synonym of Cymbium cucumis Röding, 1798
- Cymbium rubiginosum (Swainson, 1822): synonym of Cymbium cucumis Röding, 1798
- Cymbium unicolor Link, 1807: synonym of Cymbium cymbium (Linnaeus, 1758)
References[edit]
- ^ Röding P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens conchylia sive testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. pp. [1-3], [1-8], 1-199. Hamburg.
- ^ a b Cymbium Röding, 1798. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls
- ^ Cymbium cucumis Röding, 1798. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Cymbium cymbium (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Cymbium fragile Fittkau & Stürmer, 1985. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Cymbium glans (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Cymbium gracile (Broderip, 1830). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Cymbium marmoratum Link, 1807. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Cymbium olla (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Cymbium pachyus (Pallary, 1930). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Cymbium patulum (Broderip, 1830). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Cymbium pepo (Lightfoot, 1786). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Cymbium senegalensis Marche-Marchad, 1978. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Cymbium souliei Marche-Marchad, 1974. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Cymbium tritonis (Broderip, 1830). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Cymbium indicum (Gmelin, 1790). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 30 pp, 5 pl.
External links[edit]
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- Röding P.F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg. viii, 199 pp
- Marche-Marchad I. & Rosso J.C. 1978. Les Cymbium du Sénégal. Notes Africaines, 178: 1-19[permanent dead link]