Cymbium (gastropod)
{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
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|image = Cymbium glans 32 a.jpg
|image_caption = shell of Cymbium glans
|taxon = Cymbium
|authority = Röding, 1798Röding 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.
| synonyms =
- Cymba Broderip, 1826
- Yetus Gray, 1855
| type_species = Cymbium jacobinum Röding, 1798
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Cymbium is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.{{WRMS species|138660|Cymbium Röding, 1798||25 April 2010}}
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.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650 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]
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{{WRMS species|141964|Cymbium cucumis Röding, 1798||25 April 2010}}
- Cymbium cymbium (Linnaeus, 1758){{WRMS species|224552|Cymbium cymbium (Linnaeus, 1758)||25 April 2010}}
- Cymbium fragile Fittkau & Stürmer, 1985{{WRMS species|384768|Cymbium fragile Fittkau & Stürmer, 1985||25 April 2010}}
- Cymbium glans (Gmelin, 1791){{WRMS species|225406|Cymbium glans (Gmelin, 1791)||25 April 2010}}
- Cymbium gracile (Broderip, 1830){{WRMS species|384770|Cymbium gracile (Broderip, 1830)||25 April 2010}}
- Cymbium marmoratum Link, 1807{{WRMS species|384771|Cymbium marmoratum Link, 1807||25 April 2010}}
- Cymbium olla (Linnaeus, 1758){{WRMS species|141965|Cymbium olla (Linnaeus, 1758)||25 April 2010}}
- Cymbium pachyus (Pallary, 1930){{WRMS species|384802|Cymbium pachyus (Pallary, 1930)||25 April 2010}}
- Cymbium patulum (Broderip, 1830){{WRMS species|224439|Cymbium patulum (Broderip, 1830)||25 April 2010}}
- Cymbium pepo (Lightfoot, 1786){{WRMS species|384806|Cymbium pepo (Lightfoot, 1786)||25 April 2010}}
- Cymbium senegalense Marche-Marchad, 1978{{WRMS species|384813|Cymbium senegalensis Marche-Marchad, 1978||25 April 2010}}
- Cymbium souliei Marche-Marchad, 1974{{WRMS species|384815|Cymbium souliei Marche-Marchad, 1974||25 April 2010}}
- Cymbium tritonis (Broderip, 1830){{WRMS species|141966|Cymbium tritonis (Broderip, 1830)||25 April 2010}}
;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):{{WRMS species|215094|Cymbium indicum (Gmelin, 1790)||25 April 2010}} 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
{{Reflist}}
- Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 30 pp, 5 pl.
External links
{{Commons category|Cymbium}}
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 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]
- [http://sfc.education.sn/IMG/pdf/Les_Cymbium_du_Senegal.pdf Marche-Marchad I. & Rosso J.C. 1978. Les Cymbium du Sénégal. Notes Africaines, 178: 1-19]{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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Category:Taxa named by Peter Friedrich Röding
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