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.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 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