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 olla (Linnaeus, 1758)

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 papillatum*	Schumacher, 1817	synonym
*Cymbium philipinum*	Röding, 1798	synonym
*Cymbium productum*	R. T. Lowe, 1861	synonym
*Voluta olla*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Yetus papillatus*	(Schumacher, 1817)	synonym
*Yetus productus*	(R. T. Lowe, 1861)	synonym
*Yetus productus var. major*	Pallary, 1930	synonym
*Yetus turriculatus*	Pallary, 1930	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Algarve volute; Olla 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: Kahnschnecke; Ohrenwalze

Literature

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).

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cymbium olla (Linnaeus, 1758). 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:141965

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Environment

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EU Habitat Directive:
annex II EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

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2004-12-21 by Serge Gofas

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