Species Conchyliorum, or concise original descriptions and observations accompanied by figures of all the species of recent shells, with their varieties / vol. I., part I, containing A monograph of the genus Cymba, by W.J. Broderip ... and Monographs of the genera Ancillaria, Ovulum and Pandora, by G.B. Sowerby.

  • Broderip, William John, 1789-1859.
Date:
1830
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Credit: Species Conchyliorum, or concise original descriptions and observations accompanied by figures of all the species of recent shells, with their varieties / vol. I., part I, containing A monograph of the genus Cymba, by W.J. Broderip ... and Monographs of the genera Ancillaria, Ovulum and Pandora, by G.B. Sowerby. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CYMBA NEPTUNI. Fig. 2. a. b. c. d. C. testa obovatd, ventricoso-tumidd, rufo-fuscescente, anfractus basalis limbo apicern obliteratum preetereunte, carinato, subreflexo; columella 4-plicatd. Obs. In junioribus et prsecipue in pullis, testa, tenuis, fusco-rufescens albo nebulata, et apex rudis penitus exsertus. Syn. Voluta Neptuni, Gmel. Voluta Auguria ? Soland. MSS., Port. Cat. p. 64, lot. 1448. Icon, teste adulte, fig. 2. d. List. Conch., t. 802, f. 8. Adanson, Senegal, pi. 3, f. 1, L’Yet. Gualt. Test. t. 27. Seba, Mus. 3. t. 64, f. 3 et t. 65, f. 3. Martini, Conch. Cab. 3, t. 71, f. 767. Wood, Index Testae, t. 21, f. 181. Icon, teste junioris, fig. 2, a. b. c. List. Conch., t. 795, f. 2. Seba Mus. 3, t. 65, f. 7 et t. 66, f. 4. Encyclop. t. 386, f. 1. Icon, pulli (Voluta Navicula, Gmel.J Sowerby, Genera (Cymba f. 1, Cymba Neptuni). List. Conch, t. 795, f. 2. Seba, Mus. 3. t. 64, f. 10, 11. Martini, Conch. Cab. t. 71, f. 768, 769. Wood, Ind. Test. t. 21, f. 182. Hab. in Oceano Africano, juxta littora. Desc. Shell obovate, tumid, ventricose, of a brownish red, covered with a strong brown epidermis, Over which an enamel-like glaze is extended from the pillar over about a fourth part of the shell, leaving the epidermis of the back uncoated. In full grown specimens the spire and apex are entirely concealed, and the upper border of the body whorl, which is carinated and somewhat reflected, overhangs both, so as to form an open, somewhat round concavity. The pillar is four plaited. In younger individuals and especially in those lately produced, the shell is thin, of a brownish red mottled with white, and the rude apex of the spire appears entirely uncovered. CYMBA TRITONIS. Fig. 3. et 3. a. b. C. testd ovato-tumidd, elongatd, pallente, anfractus basalis limbo apicern rotundum supereminente subreflexo; columelld triplicate. Obs. Juniores colore virente-fusco gaudent. Icon. fig. 3. et 3. a. Seba, Mus. t. 64, f. 3.? Var. fusca, testa forsan junior et nana. Icon. fig. 3. b. Hab. in Oceano Africano. Desc. Shell ovate, tumid, elongated, pale-brown or whitish, covered with a brownish epidermis, over which an enamel-like glaze extends from the pillar about as far as it does in Cymba Neptuni. The rounded apex of the spire in full grown individuals is very nearly concealed, and is over-hung by the border of the spire and body-whorl, so as to present the appearance of a shallow winding excavation, (at the bottom of which the tip of the apex may be discerned,) differing entirely in character from that which is observed in Cymba Neptuni ; the aperture is much less patulous ; and the whole shell is more symmetrical and melon-like. CYMBA PATULA. Fig. 4 et 4 b. C. testd tumidd labium versus gibbd, brunneo-rubente, anfractus basalis limbo excavato, subreflexo, apicern subrotundum exser- tum vix preetereunte; columelld 4-plicatd ; apertura valde patuld. Icon. fig. 4, et 4 b. Hab. in Oceano Africano, juxta littora. Desc. Shell tumid, gibbous towards the outer lip, brownish red, covered with a brownish epidermis, partially coated, as in the last species, with an enamel-like glaze. The spire is excavated and open, the rounded apex partly apparent, and the upper border of the body-whorl carinated, and somewhat reflected. The pillar, which has four plaits, is straighter than that of Cymba Neptuni and Cymba Tritcnis, and the apeiture from the gibbous extension of the outer lip is very wide. The shells of all the individuals of this species seen by the author have the appearance of being full-grown, and are very much inferior in size to the two species last described. CYMBA PROBOSCIDALIS. Fig. 5, a. b, c, d. C. testd elongatd, ventricoso-cylindracea, pallide fulva, anfractus basalis limbo apicern obliteratum preetereunte, producto, patulo, carinato, subreflexo; columelld A-plicatd. Obs. In setate provectis, testa tegmine vitreo penitus adoperta. Apex in junioribus exsertus, subglandiformis.