WoRMS taxon details
Cymbiinae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (1847)
AphiaID: 382308
AphiaID: 382308
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricoidea (Superfamily) > Volutidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Subfamily | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Volutidae Rafinesque, 1815 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: 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] additional source: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2005) Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47(1-2): 1-397. [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Tribe Adelomelonini Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954 Tribe Alcithoini Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954 Tribe Cymbiini H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (1847) Tribe Livoniini Bail & Poppe, 2001 Tribe Odontocymbiolini Clench & Turner, 1964 Tribe Zidonini H. & A. Adams, 1853 | ||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Diagnosis: Head broad, flat, undivided with short flat tentacles. Siphon with two equal or subequal appendages.Operculum absent. Mostly, tubular salivary gland of anterior digestive system very long and easily separated from the racemose salivary gland. Gland of Leiblein large, convoluted and easily separated from the oesophagus. Radula uniserial with tricuspid teeth. Central cusp usually the larger. [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382308 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bouchet, P.; Bail, P. (2013). Cymbiinae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382308 on 2013-05-24 | |||||||||||||||||
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