Cymbium cymbium

Cymbium cymbium, commonly known as the false elephant's snout volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]

Cymbium cymbium
Shell of Cymbium cymbium
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. cymbium
Binomial name
Cymbium cymbium
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]

Cymba porcina Lamarck, 1811
Cymbium cisium Menke, 1828
Cymbium jacobinum Röding, 1798
Cymbium unicolor Link, 1807
Voluta scafa Lightfoot, 1786

Description

Distribution
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References
  1. Cymbium cymbium (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.


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