Cymbium (gastropod) explained

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

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.^[1]

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
• Cymbium cymbium (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Cymbium fragile Fittkau & Stürmer, 1985
• Cymbium glans (Gmelin, 1791)
• Cymbium gracile (Broderip, 1830)
• Cymbium marmoratum Link, 1807
• Cymbium olla (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Cymbium pachyus (Pallary, 1930)
• Cymbium patulum (Broderip, 1830)
• Cymbium pepo (Lightfoot, 1786)
• Cymbium senegalense Marche-Marchad, 1978
• Cymbium souliei Marche-Marchad, 1974
• Cymbium tritonis (Broderip, 1830)

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): 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

• 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

Notes and References

1. 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