Cymbiola cymbiola

Cymbiola cymbiola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Volutidae
Subfamily: Amoriinae
Genus: Cymbiola
Subgenus: Cymbiola
Species: C. cymbiola
Binomial name
Cymbiola cymbiola
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Aulica cymbiola (Chemnitz, 1788)
  • Cymbiola (Cymbiola) cymbiola (Gmelin, 1791) · accepted, alternate representation
  • Voluta corona Dillwyn, 1817
  • Voluta cymbiola Gmelin, 1791 (basionym)
  • Voluta flammula Wood, 1828
  • Voluta kaupi Dunker, 1863

Cymbiola cymbiola, common name the crown volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 55 mm and 85 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Indonesia (Moluccas) and off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia)

References

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