Cymbiola rutila
| Cymbiola rutila | |
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| Cymbiola rutila | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Genus: | Cymbiola |
| Species: | C. rutila |
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| Cymbiola rutila | |
Cymbiola rutila, common name the "Blood-red Volute", is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
Volutes are predators that live in deep waters where they stalk and kill other molluscs. Volutes do not have a free-swimming larval stage. Their large egg capsules contain enough food to allow the embryos to develop over several months. What emerges from these capsules are tiny but fully formed shells. Volutes tend to spend their life in colonies and have small home ranges.[1]
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