North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Cymbium Röding, 1798

AphiaID

138660 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138660)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon of

Cymbiinae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (1847)

Parent

Cymbiini H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (1847)

Original name

Cymbium Röding, 1798

Synonymised names

Cymba Broderip, 1826 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Yetus Bowdich, 1822 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Species Cymbium cucumis Röding, 1798
Species Cymbium gracile (Broderip, 1830)
Species Cymbium olla (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cymbium tritonis (Broderip, 1830)
Species Cymbium caputvelatum Bruynseels, 1975 accepted as Cymbium tritonis (Broderip, 1830) (synonym)
Species Cymbium papillatum Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Cymbium olla (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Cymbium philipinum Röding, 1798 accepted as Cymbium olla (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Cymbium productum R. T. Lowe, 1861 accepted as Cymbium olla (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Cymbium rubiginosum (Swainson, 1822) accepted as Cymbium cucumis Röding, 1798

Environment

marine

Original description

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
page(s): 151 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cymbium Röding, 1798. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138660 on 2026-07-13

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Cymbium Röding, 1798. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138660 on 2026-07-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2006-03-30 11:31:32Z

changed

Vandepitte, Leen

2009-02-04 10:57:56Z

changed

Bail, Patrice

2016-04-04 11:40:43Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2017-08-31 20:32:48Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

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original description 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
page(s): 151 [details]

original description (of Cymba Broderip, 1826) Sowerby I, G. B. (1821-1834). The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology. Published in 42 parts. Vol. 1, pls 1-126 [1821-1825]; vol. 2, pls 127-262 + text (unpaginated) [1825-1834]. London: G. B. Sowerby. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45486673
page(s): Part 28: unnumbered page [details]

original description (of Yetus Bowdich, 1822) Bowdich, T.E. (1822). Elements of conchology, including the fossil genera and the animals. Part I. Univalves. 79 pp., 19 pls. Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45861
page(s): pl. 13 [details]

additional source Bail, P. & Poppe, G. T. (2001). A conchological iconography: A taxonomic introduction of the Recent Volutidae. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 30 pp., 5 pls. [details] Available for editors

additional source Marche-Marchad, I.; Rosso, J. C. (1978). Les Cymbium du Sénégal. Notes Africaines. 178: 1-19., available online at http://sfc.education.sn/IMG/pdf/Les_Cymbium_du_Senegal.pdf [details]

Definitions

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Unreviewed

Cymbium cymbium

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