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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Genus: | Cymbiola |
| Species: | C. imperialis
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| Cymbiola imperialis (Lightfoot, 1786)
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Subspecies
edit- C. imperialis robinsona Burch, 1954 (Robinson's volute, southern Philippines)[4]
Description
editShells 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
editThis species can be found in the Philippines, Sulu Sea.[2][5][7]
References
edit- ^ Zicha, Ondrej. "BioLib: Biological library". biolib.cz.
- ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cymbiola imperialis (Lightfoot, 1786)". marinespecies.org.
- ^ "Imperial Volute - Cymbiola imperialis - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life". Encyclopedia of Life.
- ^ Hardy, Eddie. "Cymbiola imperialis robinsona (var.)". gastropods.com.
- ^ a b Hardy, Eddie. "Cymbiola imperialis". gastropods.com.
- ^ Minh, Phan Van. "Cymbiola imperialis". vinaseashells.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ Claudio Galli WMSDB - Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base
Bibliography
edit- 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
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