Cymatium (gastropod)

Cymatium
Temporal range: Eocene - Recent
A live individual of a Cymatium species near Alor Island, Indonesia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Cymatium
Röding, 1798
Type species
Cymatium femorale
Synonyms[1]
  • Cymatium (Linatella) Gray, 1857
  • Linatella Gray, 1857
  • Lotorium Montfort, 1810
  • Luterium Herrmannsen, 1846 (emendation of Lotorium Montfort, 1810)
  • Nyctilochus Gistel, 1848
  • Tritocurrus Lesson, 1842

Cymatium is a genus of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cymatiidae.[1]

This genus has numerous species, perhaps as many as 100, some of which have a worldwide distribution. The genus has been divided into at least 10 subgenera. Some authors have elevated those subgenera, giving them the full status of genera, but this is by no means universally accepted.

  1. ^ a b Cymatium Röding, 1798. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 December 2018.