''Cymbula'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s, the
true limpet
The Patellogastropoda, common name true limpets and historically called the Docoglossa, are members of a major phylogenetic group of marine gastropods, treated by experts either as a clade or as a taxonomic order.
The clade Patellogastropoda is ...
s, marine
gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Patellidae
Patellidae is a taxonomic family of true limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Patelloidea.
(The superfamily Patelloidea should not be confused with the similar-sounding genus of true limpets '' Patelloida'' which is in the ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Cymbula'' include:
* ''
Cymbula adansonii
''Cymbula adansonii'' is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family (biology), family Patellidae. It is one of the several families of true limpets. Marine gastropods, colloquially classified as snails and sl ...
''
(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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