Cymbium pepo
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| Cymbium pepo | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Genus: | Cymbium |
| Species: | C. pepo
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| Binomial name | |
| Cymbium pepo (Lightfoot, 1786)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cymbium guttatum Röding, 1798 | |
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Cymbium pepo, commonly known as the African Neptune volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]
Description
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Distribution
It is distributed across the coastal shores of western Africa and can be found in saline mud beaches.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cymbium pepo (Lightfoot, 1786). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.