Cymbiola rutila
| Cymbiola rutila | |
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| Shell of Cymbiola rutila (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Genus: | Cymbiola |
| Species: | C. rutila
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| Binomial name | |
| Cymbiola rutila (Broderip, 1826)
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Cymbiola rutila, the blood-red volute, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]
Description
The shell attains a length of 74 mm.
(Original description) The shell is ovate-oblong in shape and displays a reddish or flesh-colored ground, thickly covered with confluent, somewhat triangular reticulations of saffron red. The spire is short, with an unarmed suture, and the apex is papillary and slightly granulated or beaded.
The body whorl is furnished with elongated tubercles and is ornamented with two broad, interrupted bands of a deeper and more vivid red. It is further marked with oblique, irregular stripes of the same color: in the tuberculated variety, these stripes extend from the suture to the tubercles, while in the smooth variety they run from the suture to the shoulder of the body whorl.
The columella is provided with four folds, of which the two lowest are the largest.[2]
Habitat
Volutes are predators that live in deep waters.[3]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Australia (Queensland, Western Australia.[4]
References
- ^ Cymbiola rutila (Broderip, 1826). 25 February 2026). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Broderip, W.J. (1826). "Descriptions of some new and rare Volutes". The Zoological Journal. 2 (5): 30. Retrieved 25 February 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Volute Shells". Archived from the original on 2013-07-08. Retrieved 2013-07-22.
- ^ Gbif.org: distribution
External links
- Cox, J. ((1873)). "Descriptions of new species of land and marine shells from Australia and the Solomon and Louisiade Islands". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1873: 568.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Gray, J.E. ((1838)). "On some new species of quadrupeds and shells". Annals of Natural History. 1 (1): 27–30.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Sowerby, G. B., I. (1844). Descriptions of six new species of Voluta. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1844: 149–152
- Cox, J. (1873). Descriptions of new species of land and marine shells from Australia and the Solomon and Louisiade Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1873: 564-569
- Crosse H. (1867). Diagnoses molluscorum novorum. Journal de Conchyliologie. 17: 444-449
- Crosse H. (1880). Description de mollusques inédits, provenant de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et de la Nouvelle-Bretagne. Journal de Conchyliologie. 28: 142-149