Cymbiola
Introduction Cymbiola imperialis (Lightfoot, 1786), museum specimens Naturalis. '''''Cymbiola''''' is a genus of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.Some of the species within this genus are sometimes placed in the genus ''Cymbiolacca'' Iredale, 1929, which is also sometimes treated as a subgenus of ''Cymbiola''.
Description The thin shell is ovate and cymbiform. The spire is more or less produced. The apex is papillary and somewhat irregular. The aperture is wide. The inner lip shows a thin callus. The columella contains a few oblique plaits at the fore part. The acute outer lip is often somewhat dilated.
Species Species within the genus ''Cymbiola'' include:* ''Cymbiola alexisallaryi'' (Cossignani, 2018)* † ''Cymbiola ambugensis'' (Harzhauser, Raven & Landau, 2018)* ''Cymbiola aulica'' (Sowerby I, 1825)* ''Cymbiola baili'' (Prati & Raybaudi, 1997)* ''Cymbiola cathcartiae'' (Reeve, 1856)* ''Cymbiola chrysostoma'' (Swainson, 1824)* ''Cymbiola complexa'' (Iredale, 1924)* ''Cymbiola cracenta'' (McMichael, 1963)* ''Cymbiola cymbiola'' (Gmelin, 1791)* ''Cymbiola deshayesi'' (Reeve, 1854)* ''Cymbiola flavicans'' (Gmelin, 1791)* † ''Cymbiola gedinganensis'' (K. Martin, 1895) * ''Cymbiola houarti'' (Bail & Limpus, 1998)* ''Cymbiola hughmorrisoni'' (Bail & Limpus, 1997)* ''Cymbiola imperialis'' (Lightfoot, 1786)* ''Cymbiola innexa'' (Reeve, 1849)* ''Cymbiola intruderi'' (Poppe, 1985)* ''Cymbiola irvinae'' (Smith, 1909)* ''Cymbiola kimbacki'' (Bail & Limpus, 2014)* ''Cymbiola laminusa'' (Poppe, Tagaro & Bail, 2011)* ''Cymbiola magnifica'' (Gebauer, 1802)* ''Cymbiola malayensis'' (Douté & Bail, 2000)* ''Cymbiola mariaemma'' (Gray, 1858)* † ''Cymbiola molengraaffi'' (Cox, 1948) * † ''Cymbiola monocoronata'' (P. J. Fischer, 1927) * ''Cymbiola moretonensis'' (Bail & Limpus, 1998)* † ''Cymbiola multiplicata'' (Pannekoek, 1936) * ''Cymbiola nivosa'' (Lamarck, 1804)* ''Cymbiola nobilis'' (Lightfoot, 1786)* ''Cymbiola palawanica'' (Douté & Bail, 2000)* ''Cymbiola perplicata'' (Hedley, 1902)* ''Cymbiola provocationis'' (McMichael, 1961)* ''Cymbiola pulchra'' = ''Cymbiolacca pulchra'', see ''Cymbiolacca pulchra wisemani''* † ''Cymbiola rembangensis'' (Pannekoek, 1936) * ''Cymbiola rossiniana'' (Bernardi, 1859)* ''Cymbiola rutila'' (Broderip, 1826)* ''Cymbiola scottjordani'' (Poppe & Tagaro, 2005)* ''Cymbiola sophia'' (Gray, 1846) * ''Cymbiola subelongata'' (Bail & Limpus, 1998)* ''Cymbiola thatcheri'' (McCoy, 1868)* † ''Cymbiola tjilonganensis'' (K. Martin, 1906) * † ''Cymbiola transverseplicata'' (Pannekoek, 1936) * ''Cymbiola vespertilio'' (Linnaeus, 1758);Species brought into synonymy:* ''Cymbiola complexa'' Iredale, 1924: synonym of ''Cymbiola (Cymbiolacca) pulchra complexa'' Iredale, 1924 * ''Cymbiola excelsior'' Bail & Limpus, 1998: synonym of ''Cymbiola pulchra excelsior'' Bail & Limpus, 1998 (original rank)* ''Cymbiola lutea'' R. B. Watson, 1882 : synonym of ''Alcithoe lutea'' (R. B. Watson, 1882) (original combination)* ''Cymbiola marispuma'' Angioy & Biraghi, 1977: synonym of ''Cymbiola (Cymbiola) innexa'' (Reeve, 1849) * ''Cymbiola randalli'' Stokes, 1961: synonym of ''Cymbiola (Cymbiolacca) pulchra wisemani'' (Brazier, 1870)* ''Cymbiola tamariskae'' Sutanto & Patamakanthin, 2004: synonym of ''Cymbiola nobilis tamariskae'' Sutanto & Patamakanthin, 2004
References * Bail, P & Poppe, G. T. 2001.'' A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae''. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl.