Cima (gastropod)

Cima is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cimidae.

Cima
Shell of Cima diminuta (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Infraclass:	Lower Heterobranchia
Superfamily:	Cimoidea
Family:	Cimidae
Genus:	Cima Chaster, 1896
Type species
Cima minima (Jeffreys, 1858)
Species
See text

Species

• Cima apicisbelli Rolán, 2003
• Cima cuticulata Warén, 1993
• Cima cylindrica (Jeffreys, 1856)
• Cima diminuta Rolán & Rubio, 2018
• Cima inconspicua Warén, 1993
• Cima mingoranceae Rolán & Swinnen, 2014
• Cima minima (Jeffreys, 1858)
• † Cima neglecta (A. W. Janssen, 1969)
• † Cima oligocaenica Lozouet, 2015
• † Cima planorbiformis Lozouet, 2015
• † Cima proneglecta (R. Janssen, 1978)
• † Cima tenuispina Lozouet, 2015
• Cima urdunensis Bandel, 2005
• † Cima virodunensis Lozouet, 2015

Species brought into synonymy

• Cima gantensis Bandel, 2005: synonym of Mifsudia gantensis (Bandel, 2005) † (original combination)
• Cima melitensis Mifsud, 1998: synonym of Mifsudia melitensis (Mifsud, 1998) (original combination)
• Cima ventricosa (Forbes, 1844): synonym of Eulimella ventricosa (Forbes, 1844)

References

• Graham, A., 1988. Molluscs: Prosobranch and Pyramidellid Gastropods. Brill/Backhuys.Linnean Society of London. 662 pp.
• Poppe, G. T. & Goto, Y., 1991. European Seashells. vol 1. Christa Hemmen, Darmstadt. 352 pp
• Rolán, E., 1983. Moluscos de la Ría de Vigo, 1 Gasterópodos.Thalassas, 1 (1), supl. 1: 1-383
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
• Warén, A., 1993. New and little known mollusca from Iceland and Scandinavia. Part 2.Sarsia 78: 159-201
• Rolán, E., 2003. A new species of the genus Cima (Gastropoda, Cimidae) from Senegal. Novapex 4(1): 21-23
• Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
• Emilio ROLÁN & Frank SWINNEN (2014), A new species in the genus Cima (Prosobranchia: Cimidae) from Senegal; Gloria Maris 53 (1), 2014

External links

• Chaster G.W. (1896). Some new marine mollusca from Tangier. Journal of Malacology. 5(1): 1-4, pl. 1
• Gastropods.com : Cimidae; accessed : 11 July 2011