Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Volutoidea > Family Volutidae > Subfamily Cymbiinae > Tribe Cymbiini > Genus Cymbium

Cymbium cucumis Röding, 1798

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cymbium*	Röding, 1798	accepted genus name
*Cymba*	Broderip, 1826	synonym
*Yetus*	Bowdich, 1822	synonym

Species group names

*Cymbium rubiginosum*	(Swainson, 1822)	synonym
*Cymbium rubiginosum var. angulata*	R. T. Lowe, 1861	synonym
*Cymbium rubiginosum var. incurva*	R. T. Lowe, 1861	synonym
*Voluta rubiginosa*	Swainson, 1821	synonym
*Yetus marocanus var. dilatata*	Pallary, 1930	synonym
*Yetus rubiginosus*	(Swainson, 1822)	synonym
*Yetus rubiginosus var. sacella*	Dollfus, 1911	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: cucumber volute sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Gurkenwalze; Gurken-Walzenschnecke

Literature

original description	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. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS).

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cymbium cucumis Röding, 1798. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141964