Cymbiola imperialis
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| 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. imperialis |
| Binomial name | |
| Cymbiola imperialis (Lightfoot, 1786) | |
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Cymbiola imperialis, the imperial volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk of the genus Cymbiola in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1][2][3]
Shell of C. imperialis
Subspecies
- C. imperialis robinsona Burch, 1954 (Robinson's volute, southern Philippines)[4]
Description
Shells of Cymbiola imperialis can reach a size of 70–250 millimetres (2.8–9.8 in).[5] These large and glossy shells are elongate and fusiform, light to heavy in weight. The basic color is whitish. The spire is high, with canaliculate sutures, strong red-brown axial ribs and narrow red-brown spiral lines. The aperture is whitish, elongate-ovate, with the outer lip showing many black denticles. The operculum is dark brown, thick and small.[6]
Distribution
This species can be found in the Philippines, Sulu Sea.[2][5][7]
References
Bibliography
- A. P. H. Oliver, James Nicholls The Hamlyn Guide to Shells of the World paperback
- A. Robin Encyclopedia of Marine Gastropods
- Alan Hinton Shells of New Guinea and the Central Indo-Pacific
- Bail P. & Poppe G.T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 30 pp, 5 pl.
- Doute, Harald Volutes, the Doute collection
- Graham Saunders Spotter's Guide to Shells: An Introduction to Seashells of the World 1st American edition
- Jerome M. Eisenberg A Collector's Guide to Seashells of the World
- Kenneth R. Wye Encyclopedia of Shells
- Masuoki Horikoshi Sea Shells of the World Japanese edition (Japanese) paperback – 1989
- R.Tucker Abbott & S. Peter Dance Compendium of Seashells 2nd printing 1983 revision
- Springsteen, F and F. M. Leobrera Shells of the Philippines
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