Cymbiola cymbiola
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- 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
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Cymbiola cymbiola, common name the crown volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.{{WRMS species|385347|Cymbiola cymbiola (Gmelin, 1791)||25 April 2010}}
Description
The size of the shell varies between 55 mm and 85 mm.
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Distribution
This marine species occurs off Indonesia (Moluccas) and off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia)
References
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- Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910.
- Dillwyn, L.W. 1817. A Descriptive Catalogue of Recent Shells, arranged according to the Linnaean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. London : John and Arthur Arch 2 volumes 1092 + 29 pp.
- Wood, W. 1828. Index Testaceologicus; or A Catalogue of Shells, British and Foreign, arranged according to the Linnean system. London : Taylor Supplement, pp. 1–59, pls 1–8.
- Smith, M. 1942. A review of the Volutidae. Winter Park, Florida : Tropical Photographic Laboratory pp. 1–127, pls 1-26, figs 1–185.
- Wenz, W. 1943. Handbuch der Paläozoologie. Gastropoda. Berlin : Gebrüder Borntraeger Vol. 6 pp. 1311–1355, several text figs.
- Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. Living Volutes - A Monograph of the Recent Volutidae of the World. Monograph Series No. 1. Greenville Delaware : Delaware Museum of Natural History pp. 1–375.
- Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
- Bail, P & Poppe, G. T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl.
External links
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- {{Gastropods.com|key=0|id=3580|title=Cymbiola cymbiola|access-date=16 January 2019}}
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Category:Gastropods described in 1791
Category:Taxa named by Johann Friedrich Gmelin
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