Cymbiola cracenta

Cymbiola cracenta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Cymbiola
Species:
C. cracenta
Binomial name
Cymbiola cracenta
(McMichael, 1963)
Synonyms
  • Cymbiola (Cymbiolacca) cracenta (McMichael, 1963) alternative representation
  • Cymbiola (Cymbiolacca) pulchra cracenta (McMichael, 1963)
  • Cymbiola pulchra cracenta (McMichael, 1963)
  • Cymbiolacca cracenta McMichael, 1963 (original combination)

Cymbiola cracenta, common name the red volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]

Distribution

This species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Queensland.

References

  • McMichael, D. F. (1963). Descriptions of two new species of the genus Cymbiolacca Iredale ( Gastropoda : Volutidae). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia. 7: 33-41
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