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
	Cymbium rubiginosum (Lowe, 1861); Cymbium rubiginosum (Swainson, 1822); Cymbium rubiginosum angulata Lowe, 1861; Cymbium rubiginosum incurva Lowe, 1861; Cymbium rubiginosum var. angulata R. T. Lowe, 1861; Cymbium rubiginosum var. incurva R. T. Lowe, 1861; Voluta rubiginosa Swainson, 1821; Yetus marocanus var. dilatata Pallary, 1930; Yetus rubiginosus (Swainson, 1822); Yetus rubiginosus var. sacella Dollfus, 1911;

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]

Distribution[edit]

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean of Morocco.

Lowe R.T. (1861). A list of shells observed or collected at Mogador and in its immediate environs, during a few days' visit to the place, in April 1859. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1860: 169-204
Pallary P. (1930). Révision du genre Yetus. Annales du Musée d'Histoire Naturelle de Marseille 22(3): 54-77, pl. 1-2
Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 30 pp, 5 pl.

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