Cymbiola Explained

Cymbiola is a genus of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.^[1]

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.

Description

The thin shell is ovate and cymbiform. The spire is more or less produced. The apex is papillary and somewhat irregular. The aperture is wide. The inner lip shows a thin callus. The columella contains a few oblique plaits at the fore part. The acute outer lip is often somewhat dilated.^[2]

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)^[3]
• 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)^[4]
• Cymbiola innexa (Reeve, 1849)
• Cymbiola intruderi (Poppe, 1985)
• Cymbiola irvinae (Smith, 1909)
• Cymbiola kimbacki (Bail & Limpus, 2014)
• Cymbiola laminusa (Poppe, Tagaro & Bail, 2011)^[5]
• Cymbiola magnifica (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 (Lamarck, 1804)
• Cymbiola nobilis (Lightfoot, 1786)
• Cymbiola palawanica (Douté & Bail, 2000)^[6]
• 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.

Notes and References

1. 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
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650 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
3. Poppe, G. T. . Tagaro, S. P. . Bail, P. . 2011 . Notes on the genus Cymbiola in the Philippines, with the redefinition of Cymbiola cathcartiae Reeve, 1856 and the description of Cymbiola laminusa n.sp. . . 3 . 4 . 76–87.
4. 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
5. Poppe, G. T. . Tagaro, S. P. . Bail, P. . 2011 . Notes on the genus Cymbiola in the Philippines, with the redefinition of Cymbiola cathcartiae Reeve, 1856 and the description of Cymbiola laminusa n.sp. . . 3 . 4 . 76–87.
6. Poppe, G. T. . Tagaro, S. P. . Bail, P. . 2011 . Notes on the genus Cymbiola in the Philippines, with the redefinition of Cymbiola cathcartiae Reeve, 1856 and the description of Cymbiola laminusa n.sp. . . 3 . 4 . 76–87.