Cymbiola
Appearance
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A shell of Cymbiola vespertilio | |
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Genus: | Cymbiola |
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Voluta cymbiola Gmelin, J.F., 1791 | |
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Cymbiola is a genus of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[2]
Some of the species within this genus are sometimes placed in the genus Cymbiolacca Iredale, 1929, which is also sometimes treated as a subgenus of Cymbiola.
Species
Species and subspecies within the genus Cymbiola include:
- Cymbiola aulica (Sowerby I, 1825)
- Cymbiola cathcartiae (Reeve, 1856)[3]
- Cymbiola excelsior Bail & Limpus, 1998
- Cymbiola imperialis (Lightfoot, 1786)[4]
- Cymbiola laminusa Poppe, Tagaro & Bail, 2011[3]
- Cymbiola lutea
- Cymbiola palawanica Douté & Bail, 2000[3]
- Cymbiola pulchra = Cymbiolacca pulchra, see Cymbiolacca pulchra wisemani
- Cymbiola scottjordani Poppe & Tagaro, 2005
- Cymbiola tamariskae Sutanto & Patamakanthin, 2004
- Cymbiola vespertilio Linnaeus, 1758
- Subgenus Cymbiola (Cymbiola) sensu stricto
- Cymbiola baili Prati & Raybaudi, 1997
- Cymbiola chrysostoma (Swainson, 1824)
- Cymbiola cymbiola (Gmelin, 1791)
- Cymbiola deshayesi (Reeve, 1854)
- Cymbiola flavicans (Gmelin, 1791)
- Cymbiola hughmorrisoni Bail & Limpus, 1997
- Cymbiola innexa (Reeve, 1849)
- Cymbiola irvinae (Smith, 1909)
- Cymbiola magnifica (Gebauer, 1802)
- Cymbiola malayensis Douté & Bail, 2000
- Cymbiola mariaemma Gray, 1858
- Cymbiola nivosa (Lamarck, 1804)
- Cymbiola nobilis (Lightfoot, 1786)
- Cymbiola rossiniana (Bernardi, 1859)
- Cymbiola rutila (Broderip, 1826)
- Cymbiola sophia (Gray, 1846)
- Subgenus Cymbiola (Cymbiolacca) Iredale, 1929
- Cymbiola intruderi Poppe, 1985
- Cymbiola perplicata (Hedley, 1902)
- Cymbiola thatcheri (McCoy, 1868)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Cymbiola complexa Iredale, 1924: synonym of Cymbiola (Cymbiolacca) pulchra complexa Iredale, 1924
- Cymbiola marispuma Angioy & Biraghi, 1977: synonym of Cymbiola (Cymbiola) innexa (Reeve, 1849)
- Cymbiola randalli Stokes, 1961: synonym of Cymbiola (Cymbiolacca) pulchra wisemani (Brazier, 1870)
References
- ^ Swainson W. J. (1831). Zool. Ill. (2)2(18).
- ^ a b Bail, P. (2010). Cymbiola Swainson, 1831. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382352 on 2011-04-09
- ^ a b c Poppe, G. T.; Tagaro, S. P.; Bail, P. (2011). "Notes on the genus Cymbiola in the Philippines, with the redefinition of Cymbiola cathcartiae Reeve, 1856 and the description of Cymbiola laminusa n.sp". Visaya. 3 (4): 76–87.
- ^ Bail, P. (2010). Cymbiola (Cymbiola) imperialis (Lightfoot, 1786) . In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385359 on 2010-09-27
- Bail, P & Poppe, G. T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl.
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