Biology:Cymakra

Short description: Genus of gastropods

Cymakra
Cymakra sp. (museum specimen in MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mitromorphidae
Genus:	Cymakra Gardner, 1937
Type species
† Cymakra poncei J. Gardner, 1937
Species
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Cymakra is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mitromorphidae.

These are epifaunal carnivores occurring in the Gulf of Mexico.

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with a valid name are included within the genus Cymakra :

• Cymakra baileyi McLean & Poorman, 1971
• Cymakra dubia (Olsson & McGinty, 1958)
• Cymakra granata McLean & Poorman, 1971
• † Cymakra poncei J. Gardner, 1937

Synonymized species

• Cymakra torticula (Dall, 1889): synonym of Mitromorpha torticula (Dall, 1889)

References

• Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 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. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas

External links

• Gardner J.A. (1937). The molluscan fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida. Part VI. Pteropoda, Opisthobranchia and Ctenobranchia (in part). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper. 142-F: 251-435, pls 37-48
• Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308

Wikidata ☰ Q3170715 entry