Cymatium (gastropod)

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Cymatium
Temporal range: Eocene - Recent
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A live individual of a Cymatium species near Alor Island, Indonesia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Cymatium
Röding, 1798
Type species
Cymatium femorale
Synonyms [1]
  • Cymatium (Linatella) Gray, 1857
  • Linatella Gray, 1857
  • Lotorium Montfort, 1810
  • Luterium Herrmannsen, 1846 (emendation of Lotorium Montfort, 1810)
  • NyctilochusGistel, 1848
  • TritocurrusLesson, 1842

Cymatium is a genus of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cymatiidae. [1]

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This genus has numerous species, perhaps as many as 100, some of which have a worldwide distribution. The genus has been divided into at least 10 subgenera. Some authors have elevated those subgenera, giving them the full status of genera, but this is by no means universally accepted.

Fossil records

This genus is known in the fossil records from the Eocene to the Quaternary (age range: from 55.8 to 0.012 million years ago). [2]

Description

These sea snails have separate sexes. They lay egg capsules. After hatching, the larvae have a planktonic stage that can (in some species) last several months; this is what enables the very widespread distribution seen in certain species, as the planktonic larvae can be carried great distances before settling to the sea floor.

Subgenera

There are at least 10 subgenera within the genus Cymatium . These are elevated by some authors to the level of genera.

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the following species with accepted names are included within the genus Cymatium: [1]

Species brought into synonymy

Cymatium species found in the Western Atlantic include:

Other species include:

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