Cymbiola rutila
| Cymbiola rutila | |
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| Cymbiola rutila | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
[edit]The shell attains a length of 74 mm.
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Habitat
[edit]Volutes are predators that live in deep waters.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off New Britain and Western Australia.
References
[edit]- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cymbiola rutila (Broderip, 1826). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714721 on 2020-10-04
- ^ "Volute Shells". Archived from the original on 2013-07-08. Retrieved 2013-07-22.
External links
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- 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