Biology:Cymbiola imperialis

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Cymbiola imperialis
Cymbiola imperialis 01.jpg
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)
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". https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id296597/. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cymbiola imperialis (Lightfoot, 1786)". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220952. 
  3. ↑ "Imperial Volute - Cymbiola imperialis - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life". http://eol.org/pages/3053845/overview. 
  4. ↑ Hardy, Eddie. "Cymbiola imperialis robinsona (var.)". http://www.gastropods.com/9/Shell_849.shtml. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Hardy, Eddie. "Cymbiola imperialis". http://www.gastropods.com/8/Shell_848.shtml. 
  6. ↑ Minh, Phan Van. "Cymbiola imperialis". http://www.vinaseashells.com/cymbiola-imperialis.html. 
  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

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5199448 entry



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