''Cumia'' is a
genus of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s, marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the
family Colubrariidae
Colubrariidae are a taxonomic family of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Buccinoidea.
Bouchet, P. (2010). Colubrariidae. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Access ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Cumia'' include:
* ''
Cumia adjuncta''
(Iredale, 1929)
* ''
Cumia alfredensis
''Cumia alfredensis'', common name : the narrow dwarf triton, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colubrariidae.
Description
The shell size varies between 20 mm and 50 mm
Distribution
It is distrib ...
''
(Bartsch, 1915)
* ''
Cumia antillana''
(Sarasúa, 1978)
* ''
Cumia bednalli
''Cumia bednalli'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colubrariidae.
Description
The shell size is 20 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed around the southern Australian coast from South Queensla ...
''
(Brazier, 1875)
* ''
Cumia brazieri
''Cumia brazieri'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colubrariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies .
Description
The shell size is up to 70 mm
Distribution
This species occurs of ...
''
(Angas, 1869)
* ''
Cumia clavula''
Watters, 2009
* ''
Cumia janlochi''
(Parth, 1991)
* ''
Cumia lucasi
''Cumia lucasi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colubrariidae.
Description
The shell size is 11 mm
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Mada ...
''
(Bozzetti, 2007)
* ''
Cumia mestayerae
''Cumia mestayerae'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colubrariidae. It can reach up to 30 mm in length.
Description
The shell size varies between 20 mm and 30 mm
Distribution
This species i ...
''
(Iredale, 1915)
* ''
Cumia reticulata
''Cumia reticulata'',Bouchet, P. (2010). Cumia reticulata (Blainville, 1829). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527497 on 2017-11-15 common name ...
''
(Blainville, 1829)
* ''
Cumia schoutanica
''Cumia schoutanica'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by m ...
''
(May, 1910)
* ''
Cumia simonis
''Cumia simonis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colubrariidae.
Description
The shell size varies between 15 mm and 20 mm
Distribution
This species is found in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar
...
''
(Bozzetti, 2004)
* ''
Cumia sunderlandi
''Cumia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Colubrariidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Cumia'' include:
* '' Cumia adjuncta'' (Iredale, 1929)
* ''Cumia alfredensis'' (Bartsch, 1915)
* '' Cumia antillana' ...
''
(Petuch, 1995)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Cumia decussata''
Bivona-Bernardi, 1838: synonym of ''Cumia reticulata''
(Blainville, 1829)
* ''Cumia reticulata''
(A. Adams, 1855): synonym of ''Cumia mestayerae''
(Iredale, 1915)
References
* Beu A.G. & Maxwell P.A. (1987) ''A revision of the fossil and living gastropods related to Plesiotriton Fischer, 1884 (Family Cancellariidae, Subfamily Plesiotritoninae n. subfam.). With an appendix: Genera of Buccinidae Pisaniinae related to Colubraria Schumacher, 1817''. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 54:1-140
* Vaught, K.C.; Tucker Abbott, R.; Boss, K.J. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne. . XII, 195 pp.
External links
Bivona-Bernardi And., 1838. Generi e specie di molluschi descritti dal Barone Antonio Bivona e Bernardi. Lavori postumi pubblicati dal figlio Andrea dottore in medicina con note ed aggiunte. Giornale di Scienze Lettere e Arti per la Sicilia 61: 211-227ICZN 1993. Opinion 1765. Fusus Helbling, 1779 (Mollusca, Gastropoda): suppressed, and Fusinus Rafinesque, 1815 and Colubraria Schumacher, 1817: conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 51(2): 159-161
Buccinidae
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