cymba

[Lat. cymba; Gr. kymbē =a boat, a skiff.] Zool.: Boat shell, a genus of Gasteropodous Mollusks, family Volutide. The shell, which is like that of Voluta, has a large and globular nucleus, with a few angular whorls. Animal with a very large foot. Ten species are known, all recent, from West Africa and Portugal.