The oval-oblong shell is ventricose. The
spire is short, the
protoconch is large, globular, deciduous, when present forming an obtuse papillary
apex. The few
whorls form a flat edge round the protoconch. The
aperture is oblong and wide The
columella shows several oblique plaits. The outer
lip is thin and simple.[3]
Distribution
All the species of this genus are restricted to
Western Africa.
Cymbium aethiopicum (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Melo aethiopicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cymbium caputvelatum Bruynseels, 1975: synonym of Cymbium tritonis (Broderip, 1830)
Cymbium cisium Menke, 1828: synonym of Cymbium cymbium (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cymbium flammeum Röding, 1798: synonym of Melo amphora (Lightfoot, 1786)
Cymbium guttatum Röding, 1798: synonym of Cymbium pepo (Lightfoot, 1786)
Cymbium indicum (Gmelin, 1790):[17] synonym of Melo melo (Lightfoot, 1786)
Cymbium inflata Röding, 1798: synonym of Cymbium pepo (Lightfoot, 1786)
Cymbium jacobinum Röding, 1798: synonym of Cymbium cymbium (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cymbium maculatum Röding, 1798: synonym of Melo melo (Lightfoot, 1786)
Cymbium melo (Lightfoot, 1786): synonym of Melo melo (Lightfoot, 1786)
Cymbium navicula Gmelin, 1791: synonym of Cymbium pepo (Lightfoot, 1786)
Cymbium neptuni Gmelin, 1791: synonym of Cymbium pepo (Lightfoot, 1786)
Cymbium papillaris Gmelin, 1791: synonym of Cymbium pepo (Lightfoot, 1786)
Cymbium papillatum Schumacher, 1817: synonym of Cymbium olla (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cymbium philipinum Röding, 1798: synonym of Cymbium olla (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cymbium praeputium Röding, 1798: synonym of Cymbium pepo (Lightfoot, 1786)
Cymbium productum R. T. Lowe, 1861: synonym of Cymbium olla (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cymbium rubiginosum (R. T. Lowe, 1861): synonym of Cymbium cucumis Röding, 1798
Cymbium rubiginosum (Swainson, 1822): synonym of Cymbium cucumis Röding, 1798
Cymbium unicolor Link, 1807: synonym of Cymbium cymbium (Linnaeus, 1758)
References
^Röding P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens conchylia sive testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. pp. [1-3], [1-8], 1-199. Hamburg.