Odontocymbiola

Odontocymbiola is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cymbiinae of the family Volutidae.[1]

Odontocymbiola
Apertural view of Odontocymbiola americana (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Odontocymbiola
Clench & Turner, 1964
Type species
Voluta magellanica Gmelin, 1791

Description

The radula contain fang-like cusps.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Odontocymbiola include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Odontocymbiola canigiai Vasquez & Caldini, 1992: synonym of Odontocymbiola magellanica (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Odontocymbiola rucciana Vazquez & Caldini, 1990: synonym of Odontocymbiola pescalia Clench & Turner, 1964
  • Odontocymbiola subnodosa (Leach, 1814): synonym of Odontocymbiola magellanica (Gmelin, 1791)

References
  1. Odontocymbiola Clench & Turner, 1964. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 July 2012.
  2. Odontocymbiola americana (Reeve, 1856). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  3. Odontocymbiola magellanica (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  4. Odontocymbiola pescalia Clench & Turner, 1964. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  5. Odontocymbiola simulatrix Leal & Bouchet, 1989. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • Bail, P & Poppe, G. T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl.


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