MolluscaBase - Cymbium cymbium (Linnaeus, 1758)

WoRMS taxon details

Cymbium cymbium (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

224552 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224552)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Cymbium Röding, 1798

Original name

Voluta cymbium Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Cymbium cisium Menke, 1828 · unaccepted (synonym)

Cymbium jacobinum Röding, 1798 · unaccepted (synonym)

Cymbium unicolor Link, 1807 · unaccepted (synonym)

Voluta cymbium Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)

Voluta porcina Lamarck, 1811 · unaccepted (synonym)

Voluta scafa Lightfoot, 1786 · unaccepted (synonym)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Voluta cymbium Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 733 [details] Available for editors

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Descriptive notes

Depth range 10-50m

Depth range 10-50m [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cymbium cymbium (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224552 on 2025-04-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-03-16 07:50:12Z

created

Mint Jiddou, Azza

2012-10-05 09:02:09Z

checked

Bail, Patrice

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description (of Cymbium jacobinum Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]

original description (of Cymbium unicolor Link, 1807) Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben. 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237 [details]

original description (of Cymbium cisium Menke, 1828) Menke, K. T. (1828). Synopsis methodica molluscorum generum omnium et specierum earum, quae in Museo Menkeano adservantur; cum synonymia critica et novarum specierum diagnosibus. XII + 91 pp. [late in 1828]. Pyrmonti., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13119590
page(s): 51; note: apparently a replacement name for Cymbium cymbium, in order to avoid tautonymy [details]

original description (of Voluta scafa Lightfoot, 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. [book]. London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464 [details]

original description (of Voluta porcina Lamarck, 1811) Lamarck [J.B.M. de]. (1811). Suite de la détermination des espèces de Mollusques testacés. Volute (Voluta). Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. 17: 54-80., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29406851
page(s): 61 [details]

original description (of Voluta cymbium Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 733 [details] Available for editors

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Other

additional source Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Wolff, W.J.; Duiven, P.; Esselink, P.; Gueve, A. (1993). Biomass of macrobenthic tidal flat fauna of the Banc d'Arguin, Mauritania. Hydrobiologia 258(1-3): 151-163 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS). [details]