| Cymbiola | |
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| Shell ofCymbiola laminusa (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Volutoidea |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Genus: | Cymbiola Swainson, 1831[1] |
| Type species | |
| Voluta cymbiola Gmelin, J.F., 1791 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Cymbiola is agenus of largepredatorysea snail, amarinegastropodmollusk in the familyVolutidae, the volutes.[2]
Some of the species within this genus are sometimes placed in the genusCymbiolaccaIredale, 1929, which is also sometimes treated as a subgenus ofCymbiola.
The thin shell is ovate and cymbiform. Thespire is more or less produced. Theapex is papillary and somewhat irregular. Theaperture is wide. The innerlip shows a thin callus. Thecolumella contains a few oblique plaits at the fore part. The acute outer lip is often somewhat dilated.[3]
Species within the genusCymbiola include:
