Cymbium (gastropod)

Cymbium
shell of Cymbium glans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Volutoidea
Family:	Volutidae
Genus:	Cymbium Röding, 1798 [1]
Type species
Cymbium jacobinumRöding, 1798
Synonyms [2]
CymbaBroderip, 1826 YetusGray, 1855

For the ancient boat, see Cymba (boat).

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

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:

• 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 caputvelatumBruynseels, 1975: synonym of Cymbium tritonis (Broderip, 1830)
• Cymbium cisiumMenke, 1828: synonym of Cymbium cymbium (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Cymbium flammeumRöding, 1798: synonym of Melo amphora (Lightfoot, 1786)
• Cymbium guttatumRöding, 1798: synonym of Cymbium pepo (Lightfoot, 1786)
• Cymbium indicum(Gmelin, 1790): ^[17] synonym of Melo melo (Lightfoot, 1786)
• Cymbium inflataRöding, 1798: synonym of Cymbium pepo (Lightfoot, 1786)
• Cymbium jacobinumRöding, 1798: synonym of Cymbium cymbium (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Cymbium maculatumRöding, 1798: synonym of Melo melo (Lightfoot, 1786)
• Cymbium melo(Lightfoot, 1786): synonym of Melo melo (Lightfoot, 1786)
• Cymbium naviculaGmelin, 1791: synonym of Cymbium pepo (Lightfoot, 1786)
• Cymbium neptuniGmelin, 1791: synonym of Cymbium pepo (Lightfoot, 1786)
• Cymbium papillarisGmelin, 1791: synonym of Cymbium pepo (Lightfoot, 1786)
• Cymbium papillatumSchumacher, 1817: synonym of Cymbium olla (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Cymbium philipinumRöding, 1798: synonym of Cymbium olla (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Cymbium praeputiumRöding, 1798: synonym of Cymbium pepo (Lightfoot, 1786)
• Cymbium productumR. 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 unicolorLink, 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.

External links

• 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 ]}