Cymbiola imperialis

Cymbiola imperialis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Cymbiola
Species:
C. imperialis
Binomial name
Cymbiola imperialis
(Lightfoot, 1786)
Synonyms
  • Aulica imperialis (Lightfoot, 1786)
  • Voluta imperialis Lightfoot, 1786

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

  1. ^ Zicha, Ondrej. "BioLib: Biological library". biolib.cz.
  2. ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cymbiola imperialis (Lightfoot, 1786)". marinespecies.org.
  3. ^ "Imperial Volute - Cymbiola imperialis - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life". Encyclopedia of Life.
  4. ^ Hardy, Eddie. "Cymbiola imperialis robinsona (var.)". gastropods.com.
  5. ^ a b Hardy, Eddie. "Cymbiola imperialis". gastropods.com.
  6. ^ Minh, Phan Van. "Cymbiola imperialis". vinaseashells.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  7. ^ Claudio Galli WMSDB - Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base

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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