Cymbiola vespertilio

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Cymbiola vespertilio
A shell of Cymbiola vespertilio
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Cymbiola
Species:
C. vespertilio
Binomial name
Cymbiola vespertilio
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[1]
  • Cymbiola (Cymbiola) vespertilio (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Voluta lineolata Küster, H.C., 1841
  • Voluta mitis Lamarck, 1811
  • Voluta pellisserpentis Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1811
  • Voluta serpentina Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1811
  • Voluta vespertilio Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym)

Cymbiola vespertilio, common name the bat volute, is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]

Subspecies
  • Cymbiola vespertilio peterstimpsoni T. Cossignani & Allary, 2022
  • Cymbiola vespertilio vespertilio (Linnaeus, 1758)

This is a Central Indo-Pacific species, found off the Philippines and Northern Australia.

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