''Cymbiola'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of large
predatory
Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation (which usually do not kill th ...
sea snail, a
marine gastropod mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
in the family
Volutidae
''Volutidae'', common name volutes, are a taxonomic family of predatory sea snails that range in size from 9 mm to over 500 mm. They are marine gastropod mollusks. Most of the species have no operculum.
Distribution
This family of sea snails ...
, the volutes.
[Bail, P. (2010). Cymbiola Swainson, 1831. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382352 on 2011-04-09]
Some of the species within this genus are sometimes placed in the genus ''
Cymbiolacca''
Iredale, 1929, which is also sometimes treated as a subgenus of ''Cymbiola''.
Species
Species within the genus ''Cymbiola'' include:
* ''
Cymbiola alexisallaryi'' (Cossignani, 2018)
* † ''
Cymbiola ambugensis'' (Harzhauser, Raven & Landau, 2018)
* ''
Cymbiola aulica'' (Sowerby I, 1825)
* ''
Cymbiola baili'' (Prati & Raybaudi, 1997)
* ''
Cymbiola cathcartiae'' (Reeve, 1856)
* ''
Cymbiola chrysostoma'' (Swainson, 1824)
* ''
Cymbiola complexa'' (Iredale, 1924)
* ''
Cymbiola cracenta'' (McMichael, 1963)
* ''
Cymbiola cymbiola'' (Gmelin, 1791)
* ''
Cymbiola deshayesi'' (Reeve, 1854)
* ''
Cymbiola flavicans'' (Gmelin, 1791)
* † ''
Cymbiola gedinganensis'' (K. Martin, 1895)
* ''
Cymbiola houarti'' (Bail & Limpus, 1998)
* ''
Cymbiola hughmorrisoni'' (Bail & Limpus, 1997)
* ''
Cymbiola imperialis'' (Lightfoot, 1786)
[Bail, P. (2010). ''Cymbiola'' (''Cymbiola'') ''imperialis'' (Lightfoot, 1786) . In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385359 on 2010-09-27]
* ''
Cymbiola innexa'' (Reeve, 1849)
* ''
Cymbiola intruderi'' (Poppe, 1985)
* ''
Cymbiola irvinae'' (Smith, 1909)
* ''
Cymbiola kimbacki'' (Bail & Limpus, 2014)
* ''
Cymbiola laminusa'' (Poppe, Tagaro & Bail, 2011)
* ''
Cymbiola magnifica
''Cymbiola magnifica'', common name the magnificent volute, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae
''Volutidae'', common name volutes, are a taxonomic family of predatory sea snails that rang ...
'' (Gebauer, 1802)
* ''
Cymbiola malayensis'' (Douté & Bail, 2000)
* ''
Cymbiola mariaemma'' (Gray, 1858)
* † ''
Cymbiola molengraaffi'' (Cox, 1948)
* † ''
Cymbiola monocoronata'' (P. J. Fischer, 1927)
* ''
Cymbiola moretonensis'' (Bail & Limpus, 1998)
* † ''
Cymbiola multiplicata'' (Pannekoek, 1936)
* ''
Cymbiola nivosa
''Cymbiola nivosa'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae
''Volutidae'', common name volutes, are a taxonomic family of predatory sea snails that range in size from 9 mm to over 500 mm. They are ma ...
'' (Lamarck, 1804)
* ''
Cymbiola nobilis'' (Lightfoot, 1786)
* ''
Cymbiola palawanica'' (Douté & Bail, 2000)
* ''
Cymbiola perplicata'' (Hedley, 1902)
* ''
Cymbiola provocationis'' (McMichael, 1961)
* ''
Cymbiola pulchra'' = ''
Cymbiolacca pulchra'', see ''
Cymbiolacca pulchra wisemani''
* † ''
Cymbiola rembangensis'' (Pannekoek, 1936)
* ''
Cymbiola rossiniana'' (Bernardi, 1859)
* ''
Cymbiola rutila'' (Broderip, 1826)
* ''
Cymbiola scottjordani'' (Poppe & Tagaro, 2005)
* ''
Cymbiola sophia'' (Gray, 1846)
* ''
Cymbiola subelongata'' (Bail & Limpus, 1998)
* ''
Cymbiola thatcheri'' (McCoy, 1868)
* † ''
Cymbiola tjilonganensis'' (K. Martin, 1906)
* † ''
Cymbiola transverseplicata'' (Pannekoek, 1936)
* ''
Cymbiola vespertilio'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Cymbiola complexa'' Iredale, 1924: synonym of ''Cymbiola (Cymbiolacca) pulchra complexa'' Iredale, 1924
* ''Cymbiola excelsior'' Bail & Limpus, 1998: synonym of ''Cymbiola pulchra excelsior'' Bail & Limpus, 1998 (original rank)
* ''Cymbiola lutea'' R. B. Watson, 1882 : synonym of ''
Alcithoe lutea'' (R. B. Watson, 1882) (original combination)
* ''Cymbiola marispuma'' Angioy & Biraghi, 1977: synonym of ''Cymbiola (Cymbiola) innexa'' (Reeve, 1849)
* ''Cymbiola randalli'' Stokes, 1961: synonym of ''Cymbiola (Cymbiolacca) pulchra wisemani'' (Brazier, 1870)
* ''Cymbiola tamariskae'' Sutanto & Patamakanthin, 2004: synonym of ''Cymbiola nobilis tamariskae'' Sutanto & Patamakanthin, 2004
References
* Bail, P & Poppe, G. T. 2001.'' A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae''. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl.
External links
Volutidae
Gastropod genera
{{Volutidae-stub