''Cymbula'' is a
genus
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of
sea snails, the
true limpet
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The clade Patellogastropoda is ...
s, marine
gastropod mollusk
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s in the
family
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Patellidae
Patellidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails or true limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Patellogastropoda.
(The superfamily Patelloidea should not be confused with the similar-sounding genus of true limpets ''Patelloida'' w ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Cymbula'' include:
* ''
Cymbula adansonii''
(Dunker, 1853)
* ''
Cymbula canescens''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''
Cymbula compressa''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''
Cymbula depsta''
(Reeve, 1855)
* ''
Cymbula granatina''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''
Cymbula miniata''
(Born, 1778)
* ''
Cymbula oculus''
(Born, 1778)
* ''
Cymbula safiana''
(Lamarck, 1819)
* ''
Cymbula sanguinans''
(Reeve, 1854)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Cymbula nigra''
(da Costa, 1771):
synonym of ''
Cymbula safiana''
(Lamarck, 1819)
References
* Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp.
External links
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. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]
Pallary P. (1920). Exploration scientifique du Maroc organisée par la Société de Géographie de Paris et continuée par la Société des Sciences Naturelles du Maroc. Deuxième fascicule. Malacologie (1912). Larose, Rabat et Paris pp. 108, 1 pl., 1 mapBranch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg
Patellidae
Gastropod genera
Taxa named by Arthur Adams (zoologist)
Taxa named by Henry Adams (zoologist)
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