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Cymia Mörch, 1860
395243 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:395243)
accepted
Genus
Cuma sulcata Swainson, 1840 accepted as Cymia tectum (W. Wood, 1828) (type by typification of replaced name)
Cuma Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted (Invalid: junior homonym of Cuma...)
Invalid: junior homonym of Cuma H. Milne-Edwards, 1828 [Crustacea]; Cymia and Cumopsis are replacement names
Cumopsis Rovereto, 1899 · unaccepted (objective synonym of Cymia)
Purpura (Cuma) Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted
Rapana (Cymia) Mörch, 1860 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Species Cymia monoplex (Sandberger, 1860) †
- Species Cymia paecaerulea Lozouet, 2023 †
- Species Cymia preangerensis (K. Martin, 1899) †
- Species Cymia subaspera (A. d'Orbigny, 1852) †
- Species Cymia subcaerulea Lozouet, 2023 †
- Species Cymia tectum (W. Wood, 1828)
- Species Cymia caloosana H. I. Tucker & D. Wilson, 1933 † accepted as Stramonita canaliculata (J. E. Gray, 1839) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Cymia carinifera (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Indothais lacera (Born, 1778)
- Species Cymia dubia Schepman, 1919 accepted as Indothais dubia (Schepman, 1919) (original combination)
- Species Cymia hellenica Harzhauser & Kowalke, 2001 † accepted as Janssenia hellenica (Harzhauser & Kowalke, 2001) †
- Species Cymia lacera (Born, 1778) accepted as Indothais lacera (Born, 1778)
- Species Cymia pluriplicata Cossmann & Peyrot, 1924 † accepted as Janssenia pluriplicata (Cossmann & Peyrot, 1924) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Cymia styriaca (Hilber, 1879) † accepted as Muricodrupa styriaca (Hilber, 1879) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Cymia tecta (W. Wood, 1828) accepted as Cymia tectum (W. Wood, 1828) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, specific name is a noun, therefore invariable)
- Species Cymia brightoniana Maury, 1925 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Cymia pilsbryi Olsson, 1932 † (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
(of Rapana (Cymia) Mörch, 1860) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1860). Beiträge zur Molluskenfauna Central-Amerika's. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 7: 66–106. [Stated dates: Jul. 1860 on pp. 65 and 81, Aug. 1860 on p. 97]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15919625
page(s): 97, 98 [details]
page(s): 97, 98 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cymia Mörch, 1860. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=395243 on 2025-09-10
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original description
(of Cuma Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 87 [details]
original description (of Cumopsis Rovereto, 1899) Rovereto G. (1899). Prime ricerche sinonimiche sui generi dei Gasteropodi. <i>Atti della Società Ligustica di Scienze Naturale e Geografiche, Genova 10</i>: 101-110
page(s): 105 [details]
original description (of Rapana (Cymia) Mörch, 1860) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1860). Beiträge zur Molluskenfauna Central-Amerika's. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 7: 66–106. [Stated dates: Jul. 1860 on pp. 65 and 81, Aug. 1860 on p. 97]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15919625
page(s): 97, 98 [details]
taxonomy source Claremont, M., Vermeij, G. J., Williams, S. T. & Reid, D. G. (2013). Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 66: 91–102. [Published online 28 September 2012; Code-compliant paper version published January 2013]. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 87 [details]
original description (of Cumopsis Rovereto, 1899) Rovereto G. (1899). Prime ricerche sinonimiche sui generi dei Gasteropodi. <i>Atti della Società Ligustica di Scienze Naturale e Geografiche, Genova 10</i>: 101-110
page(s): 105 [details]
original description (of Rapana (Cymia) Mörch, 1860) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1860). Beiträge zur Molluskenfauna Central-Amerika's. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 7: 66–106. [Stated dates: Jul. 1860 on pp. 65 and 81, Aug. 1860 on p. 97]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15919625
page(s): 97, 98 [details]
taxonomy source Claremont, M., Vermeij, G. J., Williams, S. T. & Reid, D. G. (2013). Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 66: 91–102. [Published online 28 September 2012; Code-compliant paper version published January 2013]. [details] Available for editors
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