Cymbium (gastropod)

Cymbium is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.

Description
The oval-oblong shell is ventricose. The spire is short, the protoconch is large, globular, deciduous, when present forming an obtuse papillary apex. The few whorls form a flat edge round the protoconch. The aperture is oblong and wide The columella shows several oblique plaits. The outer lip is thin and simple.

Distribution
All the species of this genus are restricted to Western Africa.

Species
Species within the genus Cymbium include:
 * Cymbium coenyei Nolf, 2017
 * Cymbium cucumis Röding, 1798
 * Cymbium cymbium (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Cymbium fragile Fittkau & Stürmer, 1985
 * Cymbium glans (Gmelin, 1791)
 * Cymbium gracile (Broderip, 1830)
 * Cymbium marmoratum Link, 1807
 * Cymbium olla (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Cymbium pachyus (Pallary, 1930)
 * Cymbium patulum (Broderip, 1830)
 * Cymbium pepo (Lightfoot, 1786)
 * Cymbium senegalense Marche-Marchad, 1978
 * Cymbium souliei Marche-Marchad, 1974
 * Cymbium tritonis (Broderip, 1830)
 * Species brought into synonymy:
 * Cymbium aethiopicum (Linnaeus, 1758) : synonym of Melo aethiopicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Cymbium caputvelatum Bruynseels, 1975 : synonym of Cymbium tritonis (Broderip, 1830)
 * Cymbium cisium Menke, 1828 : synonym of Cymbium cymbium (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Cymbium flammeum Röding, 1798 : synonym of Melo amphora (Lightfoot, 1786)
 * Cymbium guttatum Röding, 1798 : synonym of Cymbium pepo (Lightfoot, 1786)
 * Cymbium indicum (Gmelin, 1790) : synonym of Melo melo (Lightfoot, 1786)
 * Cymbium inflata Röding, 1798 : synonym of Cymbium pepo (Lightfoot, 1786)
 * Cymbium jacobinum Röding, 1798 : synonym of Cymbium cymbium (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Cymbium maculatum Röding, 1798 : synonym of Melo melo (Lightfoot, 1786)
 * Cymbium melo (Lightfoot, 1786) : synonym of Melo melo (Lightfoot, 1786)
 * Cymbium navicula Gmelin, 1791 : synonym of Cymbium pepo (Lightfoot, 1786)
 * Cymbium neptuni Gmelin, 1791 : synonym of Cymbium pepo (Lightfoot, 1786)
 * Cymbium papillaris Gmelin, 1791 : synonym of Cymbium pepo (Lightfoot, 1786)
 * Cymbium papillatum Schumacher, 1817 : synonym of Cymbium olla (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Cymbium philipinum Röding, 1798 : synonym of Cymbium olla (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Cymbium praeputium Röding, 1798 : synonym of Cymbium pepo (Lightfoot, 1786)
 * Cymbium productum R. T. Lowe, 1861 : synonym of Cymbium olla (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Cymbium rubiginosum (R. T. Lowe, 1861) : synonym of Cymbium cucumis Röding, 1798
 * Cymbium rubiginosum (Swainson, 1822) : synonym of Cymbium cucumis Röding, 1798
 * Cymbium unicolor Link, 1807 : synonym of Cymbium cymbium (Linnaeus, 1758)