Cymatona kampyla (R. B. Watson, 1883)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Cymatona kampyla (R. B. Watson, 1883)
- Name authority
- (R. B. Watson, 1883)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Littorinimorpha
- Family
- Cymatiidae
- Genus
- Cymatona
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumMollusca
- classGastropoda Cuvier, 1795
- subclassCaenogastropoda L. R. Cox, 1960
- orderLittorinimorpha A. N. Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975
- superfamilyTonnoidea Suter, 1913 (1825)
- familyCymatiidae Iredale, 1913 (1854)
- genusCymatona Iredale, 1929
- speciesCymatona kampyla (R. B. Watson, 1883)
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Cymatium remotum Frassinetti & Covacevich, 1995 Frassinetti & Covacevich, 1995 | synonym |
| Cymatium jobbernsi L. C. King, 1933 L. C. King, 1933 | synonym |
| Cymatona tomlini A. W. B. Powell, 1955 A. W. B. Powell, 1955 | synonym |
| Lampusia nodocostata Tate & May, 1900 Tate & May, 1900 | synonym |
| Sassia jobbernsi (L. C. King, 1933) (L. C. King, 1933) | synonym |
| Sassia kampyla kampyla (R. B. Watson, 1883) (R. B. Watson, 1883) | synonym |
| Nassaria kampyla R. B. Watson, 1883 R. B. Watson, 1883 | synonym |
| Sassia kampyla (R. B. Watson, 1883) (R. B. Watson, 1883) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1304270 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3362M. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.