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Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae volutes

Genus: Cymbium

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Coltro, Marcus

Eastern Central Atlantic
Max. Length 20 cm SHL
Cymbium cymbium(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cymbium cymbium
[Pig's snout volute]
No picture found
 
Cymbium ferranti
[]
No picture found
 
Cymbium glans
[Elephant's snoout volute]

Coltro, Marcus

Eastern Central Atlantic

Cymbium marmoratumLink, 1807

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cymbium marmoratum
[Mamorate volute]

França, Antonio

Eastern Atlantic and the
Max. Length 15 cm SHL
Cymbium ollaLinnaeus, 1758

Photo by França, Antonio
 
Cymbium olla
[Algarve volute]
No picture found
 
Cymbium pepo
[Neptune's volute]


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