Cymbula

Summary

Cymbula is a genus of sea snails, the true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Patellidae.[1]

Cymbula
Cymbula compressa shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
Family: Patellidae
Genus: Cymbula
H. & A. Adams, 1854
Type species
Patella compressa Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[1]
  • Laevipatella Pallary, 1920
  • Patella (Cymbula) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
  • Patella (Laevipatella) Pallary, 1920
  • Patellona Thiele, 1891

Species edit

Species within the genus Cymbula include:

Species brought into synonymy

References edit

  1. ^ a b Cymbula H. & A. Adams, 1854. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  2. ^ Cymbula adansonii (Dunker, 1853). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  3. ^ Cymbula canescens (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  4. ^ Cymbula compressa (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  5. ^ Cymbula depsta (Reeve, 1855). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  6. ^ Cymbula granatina (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  7. ^ Cymbula miniata (Born, 1778). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  8. ^ Cymbula oculus (Born, 1778). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  9. ^ Cymbula nigra (da Costa, 1771). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.

External links edit

  • 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 map
  • Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg