false elephant's snout volute
Cymbium cymbium (Linnaeus, 1758)
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
- Cymbium cymbium (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Name authority
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Common name
- false elephant's snout volute
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Neogastropoda
- Family
- Volutidae
- Genus
- Cymbium
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
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
- orderNeogastropoda Wenz, 1938
- superfamilyVolutoidea Rafinesque, 1815
- familyVolutidae Rafinesque, 1815
- subfamilyCymbiinae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (1847)
- tribeCymbiini H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (1847)
- genusCymbium Röding, 1798
- speciesCymbium cymbium (Linnaeus, 1758)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Cymbium. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Cymbium gracile (Broderip, 1830) | VolutidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Algarve voluteCymbium olla (Linnaeus, 1758) | VolutidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cymbium souliei Marche-Marchad, 1974 | VolutidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Voluta cymbium Linnaeus, 1758 Linnaeus, 1758 | synonym |
| Voluta porcina Lamarck, 1811 Lamarck, 1811 | synonym |
| Cymbium cisium Menke, 1828 Menke, 1828 | synonym |
| Cymbium jacobinum Röding, 1798 Röding, 1798 | synonym |
| Cymbium unicolor Link, 1807 Link, 1807 | synonym |
| Voluta scafa Lightfoot, 1786 Lightfoot, 1786 | 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=224552 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:336Q7. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.