Cymbiola vespertilio
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| Cymbiola vespertilio | |
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| A shell of Cymbiola vespertilio | |
| Scientific 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] | |
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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.