Cymbium pepo

Cymbium pepo, commonly known as the African neptune volute is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]

Cymbium pepo
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. pepo
Binomial name
Cymbium pepo
(Lightfoot, 1786)
Synonyms[1]

Cymbium guttatum Röding, 1798
Cymbium inflata Röding, 1798
Cymbium navicula Gmelin, 1791
Cymbium neptuni Gmelin, 1791
Cymbium papillaris Gmelin, 1791
Cymbium praeputium Röding, 1798

References
  1. Cymbium pepo (Lightfoot, 1786). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.


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