Cymbium cucumis

Cymbium cucumis, commonly known as the cucumber volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]

Cymbium cucumis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Volutidae
Subfamily:
Cymbiinae
Genus:
Cymbium
Species:
C. cucumis
Binomial name
Cymbium cucumis
Röding, 1798
Synonyms[1]
  • Cymbium rubiginosum (Lowe, 1861)
  • Cymbium rubiginosum (Swainson, 1822)
  • Cymbium rubiginosum angulata Lowe, 1861
  • Cymbium rubiginosum incurva Lowe, 1861
  • Cymbium rubiginosum var. angulata R. T. Lowe, 1861
  • Cymbium rubiginosum var. incurva R. T. Lowe, 1861
  • Voluta rubiginosa Swainson, 1821
  • Yetus marocanus var. dilatata Pallary, 1930
  • Yetus rubiginosus (Swainson, 1822)
  • Yetus rubiginosus var. sacella Dollfus, 1911

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean of Morocco.

References
  1. Cymbium cucumis Röding, 1798. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  • Lowe R.T. (1861). A list of shells observed or collected at Mogador and in its immediate environs, during a few days' visit to the place, in April 1859. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1860: 169-204
  • Pallary P. (1930). Révision du genre Yetus. Annales du Musée d'Histoire Naturelle de Marseille 22(3): 54-77, pl. 1-2
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
  • Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 30 pp, 5 pl.


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