Cymbium cucumis

Cymbium cucumis
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. cucumis
Binomial name
Cymbium cucumis
Röding, 1798
Synonyms[1]

Cymbium rubiginosum (Lowe, 1861)
Cymbium rubiginosum angulata Lowe, 1861
Cymbium rubiginosum incurva Lowe, 1861
Voluta rubiginosa Swainson, 1821

Cymbium cucumis, commonly known as the cucumber volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Cymbium cucumis Röding, 1798.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.

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