Cymakra

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.[1]

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 :[1]

• 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

1. Cymakra Gardner, 1937. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 October 2010.

• 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