Cymbula

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}

{{automatic taxobox

| image = Cymbula compressa 01.JPG

| image_caption = Cymbula compressa shell

| taxon = Cymbula

| authority = H. & A. Adams, 1854{{No-gastropod-genus-ref}}

| synonyms_ref =

| synonyms =

  • Laevipatella Pallary, 1920
  • Patella (Cymbula) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
  • Patella (Laevipatella) Pallary, 1920
  • Patellona Thiele, 1891

| type_species= Patella compressa Linnaeus, 1758

}}

Cymbula is a genus of sea snails, the true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Patellidae.{{WRMS species|225717|Cymbula H. & A. Adams, 1854||13 April 2010}}

Species

Species within the genus Cymbula include:

  • Cymbula adansonii (Dunker, 1853){{WRMS species|456686|Cymbula adansonii (Dunker, 1853)||13 April 2010}}
  • Cymbula canescens (Gmelin, 1791){{WRMS species|456687|Cymbula canescens (Gmelin, 1791)||13 April 2010}}
  • Cymbula compressa (Linnaeus, 1758){{WRMS species|456659|Cymbula compressa (Linnaeus, 1758)||13 April 2010}}
  • Cymbula depsta (Reeve, 1855){{WRMS species|456678|Cymbula depsta (Reeve, 1855)||13 April 2010}}
  • Cymbula granatina (Linnaeus, 1758){{WRMS species|456688|Cymbula granatina (Linnaeus, 1758)||13 April 2010}}
  • Cymbula miniata (Born, 1778){{WRMS species|456660|Cymbula miniata (Born, 1778)||13 April 2010}}
  • Cymbula oculus (Born, 1778){{WRMS species|456661|Cymbula oculus (Born, 1778)||13 April 2010}}
  • Cymbula safiana (Lamarck, 1819)
  • Cymbula sanguinans (Reeve, 1854)

;Species brought into synonymy:

  • Cymbula nigra (da Costa, 1771):{{WRMS species|345355|Cymbula nigra (da Costa, 1771)||13 April 2010}} synonym of Cymbula safiana (Lamarck, 1819)

References

{{Reflist}}

  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). {{ISBN|0-915826-22-4}}. XII, 195 pp.