| Cymbium olla (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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Algarve to Western Sahara, western Alborán Sea to W. Algeria. Predator on sandy bottoms from 20m to 90m deep (Weaver & du Pont, 1970). Original taxon: Voluta olla.
30-40m deep, off Málaga, Andalucia, S. Spain. 105mm. |
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Synonyms: papillatum, philipinum, productum, turriculatus.
80m deep, off Estepona, Málaga. 100mm. |
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Adult specimen in L. A. Reeve: Conchologia iconica vol. XIII plate XXV, London 1962.
« Shell ovate, broadly inflated, wrinkled, reddish-fulvous, rust-stained, spire rather short, apex conspicuous, whorls obtusely rounded at the upper part, with the margin incurved, then rather deeply channelled round the apex ; columella thinly restricted, two-plaited. » |
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50m deep, Caleta de Velez, Málaga. 108mm.
Average tooth of the radula
in G. W. Tryon: Manual of conchology, ser.1:v.2
Philadelphia, 1880. |
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| Voluta olla in Lamarck, Histoire naturelle des vers vol. III, Paris 1827, plate 385. Linné gives the following description: « Voluta. Testa ventricosa, spira laevigata, apice papillari, columella quadri-plicata. » (Syst. nat. 1758 vol. I, p.734). |
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Young specimen in L. A. Reeve: Conchologia iconica vol. XIII plate XXVI, London 1862. « This shell represents C. olla , described and figured in the preceding Plate in an earlier stage of growth, showing little or no alteration of its characters. Externally it has the same wrinkled sculpture, and the columella is as distinctly two-plaited. » |
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| Cymbium papillatum in W. Kobelt: Iconographie der schalentragenden europäischen Meeresconchylien vol. II plate XXIX, Wiesbaden 1901. |
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| Voluta olla in in Kiener & Fischer: Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes vol. III, Paris 1880. |
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| Animal mottled pale yellow and purple brown. Shallow water, in the estuary of the Ria de Alvor, west of Portimão, Algarve, S. Portugal. Original picture provided by J. Encarnação for iNaturalist – (CC BY-NC). |
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| Yetus turriculatus var. “minor”, Pallary, 1930, from Cap Juby, Tarfaya, SW. Morocco. Muséum Naztional d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris, France. Original picture provided by M. Caballer for the MNHN – (CC BY). |