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Cymbula H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 
AphiaID: 225717

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Patellogastropoda (Subclass) > Patelloidea (Superfamily) > Patellidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Patella compressa Linnaeus, 1758 (type by monotypy)
Parent Patellidae Rafinesque, 1815
Synonymised
taxa
  Laevipatella Pallary, 1920
Patella (Cymbula) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
Patellona Thiele, 1891
Sources  basis of record: Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]

source of synonymy: Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Species Cymbula adansonii (Dunker, 1853)
Species Cymbula canescens (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Cymbula compressa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cymbula depsta (Reeve, 1855)
Species Cymbula granatina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cymbula miniata (Born, 1778)
Species Cymbula nigra (da Costa, 1771)
Species Cymbula oculus (Born, 1778)

Species Cymbula safiana (Lamarck, 1819) accepted as Cymbula nigra (da Costa, 1771)
Note  classification: In Branch et al. 2002, Scutellastra is mentioned as a genus while according to Vaught it is actually a subgenus. All species listed in Branch et al. as belonging to the genus of Scutellastra were not entered into the database under this genus, but were directly placed under Patella (Scutellastra) - being the right taxonomic classification according to Vaught. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225717
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2006-04-06 13:15:06Z  created  Vandepitte, Leen
2011-07-28 18:30:28Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Cymbula H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225717 on 2013-05-22
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