Cymbium (gastropod)

Cymbium is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.[2]

Cymbium
shell of Cymbium glans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]
  • Cymba Broderip, 1826
  • Yetus Gray, 1855

Description

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

All the species of this genus are restricted to Western Africa.

Species

Species within the genus Cymbium include:

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
  1. 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.
  2. Cymbium Röding, 1798. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  3. 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
  4. Cymbium cucumis Röding, 1798. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  5. Cymbium cymbium (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  6. Cymbium fragile Fittkau & Stürmer, 1985. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  7. Cymbium glans (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  8. Cymbium gracile (Broderip, 1830). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  9. Cymbium marmoratum Link, 1807. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  10. Cymbium olla (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  11. Cymbium pachyus (Pallary, 1930). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  12. Cymbium patulum (Broderip, 1830). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  13. Cymbium pepo (Lightfoot, 1786). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  14. Cymbium senegalensis Marche-Marchad, 1978. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  15. Cymbium souliei Marche-Marchad, 1974. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  16. Cymbium tritonis (Broderip, 1830). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  17. 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.
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