Cymia tectum

Cymia tectum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1] The average size of a cymia tectum shell measures between 30 and 75 mm.^[2]

Cymia tectum
Cymia tectum shells
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Cymia
Species:	C. tectum
Binomial name
Cymia tectum (Wood, 1828)
Synonyms[1]
Buccinum tectum Wood, 1828 Cuma sulcata Swainson, 1840 Purpura angulifera Duclos, 1832 Purpura callosa Sowerby, 1834 Cymia tecta (Wood, 1828)