Cymbium pepo ([Lightfoot], 1786) Sinistral

Cymbium pepo ([Lightfoot], 1786) Sinistral

Gambia (142.1 mm.). Image copyright 2021 by Simon Aiken.

According to local records, this makes the fifth Cymbium species known by a sinistral mutant.

  • Cymbium cucumis (Röding, 1798) 162.4 mm. Accra, Ghana. 1966.
  • C. cymbium (Linnaeus, 1758) 103 mm. West Africa
  • C. marmoratum (Link, 1807) 153 mm. Senegal
  • C. pachyus (Pallary, 1930) 80.3 mm. Cameroon
  • C. pepo ([Lightfoot], 1786) 142.1 mm. Gambia