Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Order Pteropoda > Suborder Pseudothecosomata > Superfamily Cymbulioidea > Family Cymbuliidae > Subfamily Cymbuliinae > Genus Cymbulia

Cymbulia peronii Blainville, 1818

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cymbulia*	F. Péron & Lesueur, 1810	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Cymbulia borealis*	Bonnevie, 1913	synonym
*Cymbulia peronii var. minor*	van der Spoel, 1976	synonym
*Cymbulia proboscidea*	Oken, 1815	synonym
*Cymbulia quadripunctata*	Gegenbaur, 1855	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: sword of Venus

French: sabot de Vénus

Literature

original description	Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1818). Cymbulie, Cymbulia, pp. 332-333, in: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 12. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris, & Le Normant, Paris.
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	Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author.
additional source	Spoel, S. van der & Dadon, J. R. (1999). Pteropoda. pp. 649-706, in: D. Boltovsloy (ed.), South Atlantic Zooplankton. Leiden: Backhuys Publishers.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cymbulia peronii Blainville, 1818. 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:139494