''Cymbium tritonis'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Volutidae, the volutes.
Description
Distribution
This marine species is found in the European waters of the North Atlantic Ocean.
and off
Morocco.
References
* Pallary P. (1930). Révision du genre Yetus. Annales du Musée d'Histoire Naturelle de Marseille 22(3): 54-77, pl. 1-2
* Bruynseels J.K. (1975). Genus Cymbium Röding, 1798. Gloria Maris, Antwerpen 36 pp., 12 pl.: page(s): 14-18; pl. 5
* Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 30 pp, 5 pl.
External links
Broderip, W. J. (1830). A monograph of the genus Cymba. In: G. B. Sowerby I (ed.) Species Conchyliorum, or concise original descriptions and observations accompanied by figures of all the species of recent shells, with their varieties. G.B. Sowerby, London. 7 pp., 7 pls.MNHN, Paris: syntype
Volutidae
Gastropods described in 1830
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