Cymbula

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

Cymbula
Cymbula compressa shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Patellogastropoda
Superfamily:	Patelloidea
Family:	Patellidae
Genus:	Cymbula H. & A. Adams, 1854
Type species
Patella compressa Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Laevipatella Pallary, 1920 Patella (Cymbula) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 Patella (Laevipatella) Pallary, 1920 Patellona Thiele, 1891

Species

Species within the genus Cymbula include:

• Cymbula adansonii (Dunker, 1853)[2]
• Cymbula canescens (Gmelin, 1791)[3]
• Cymbula compressa (Linnaeus, 1758)[4]
• Cymbula depsta (Reeve, 1855)[5]
• Cymbula granatina (Linnaeus, 1758)[6]
• Cymbula miniata (Born, 1778)[7]
• Cymbula oculus (Born, 1778)[8]
• Cymbula safiana (Lamarck, 1819)
• Cymbula sanguinans (Reeve, 1854)

Species brought into synonymy

• Cymbula nigra (da Costa, 1771):[9] synonym of Cymbula safiana (Lamarck, 1819)

References

1. 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

• 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