Cymbiola vespertilio
| Cymbiola vespertilio | |
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| A shell of Cymbiola vespertilio | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Subfamily: | Amoriinae |
| Genus: | Cymbiola |
| Species: | C. vespertilio |
| Binomial name | |
| Cymbiola vespertilio Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cymbiola vespertilio, common name the bat volute, is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes. [1]
Distribution
This is a Central Indo-Pacific species, found off the Philippines and Northern Australia.
Description
Shell of Cymbiola vespertilio ssp. mitis
The size of an adult shell varies between 45 mm and 160 mm.
References
- 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2011). Cymbiola vespertilio Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=568006 on 2011-04-09
- Bail, P & Poppe, G. T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl.
External links
- A photo (unfortunately reversed or perhaps a rare sinistral specimen?) of a live individual of this species
- Gastropods.com : Cymbiola (Cymbiola) vespertilio vespertilio; accessed : 9 April 2011
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