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''Cymbovula'' 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 sea snails, 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 ...
s in the
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Ovulidae Ovulidae, common names the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries, is a family of small to large predatory or parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cypraeoidea, the cowries and the cowry allies. MolluscaBase eds. (20 ...
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Species

Species within the genus ''Cymbovula'' include: *''
Cymbovula acicularis ''Cymbovula acicularis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries. Distribution This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Guadeloupe. Description The m ...
'' (
Lamarck Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck (1 August 1744 – 18 December 1829), often known simply as Lamarck (; ), was a French naturalist, biologist, academic, and soldier. He was an early proponent of the idea that biolo ...
, 1810)
*'' Cymbovula bebae'' Fernandes & Ròlan, 1995 ;Species brought into synonymy: *'' Cymbovula bahamensis'' Cate, 1973: synonym of ''Cymbovula acicularis'' (Lamarck, 1811) * ''Cymbovula bratcherae'' Cate, 1973: synonym of '' Simnialena rufa'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) * ''Cymbovula cylindrica'' Ma, 1997: synonym of '' Cuspivolva queenslandica'' (Cate, 1974) * ''Cymbovula deflexa'' (G. B. Sowerby II, 1848): synonym of '' Naviculavolva deflexa'' (G. B. Sowerby II, 1848) * ''Cymbovula guandongensis'' Ma, 1997: synonym of '' Cuspivolva queenslandica'' (Cate, 1974) * ''Cymbovula massierorum'' Fehse, 1999: synonym of '' Naviculavolva massierorum'' (Fehse, 1999) * ''Cymbovula segaliana'' Cate, 1976: synonym of '' Cuspivolva queenslandica'' (Cate, 1974)


References

Ovulidae {{Ovulidae-stub