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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Volutidae |
Genus: | Cymbiola |
Species: | C. imperialis
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Binomial name | |
Cymbiola imperialis (
Lightfoot, 1786)
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Cymbiola imperialis, the imperial volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk of the genus Cymbiola in the family Volutidae, the volutes. [1] [2] [3]
Shells of Cymbiola imperialis can reach a size of 70–250 millimetres (2.8–9.8 in). [5] These large and glossy shells are elongate and fusiform, light to heavy in weight. The basic color is whitish. The spire is high, with canaliculate sutures, strong red-brown axial ribs and narrow red-brown spiral lines. The aperture is whitish, elongate-ovate, with the outer lip showing many black denticles. The operculum is dark brown, thick and small. [6]
This species can be found in the Philippines, Sulu Sea. [2] [5] [7]
Cymbiola imperialis | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Volutidae |
Genus: | Cymbiola |
Species: | C. imperialis
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Binomial name | |
Cymbiola imperialis (
Lightfoot, 1786)
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Synonyms | |
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Cymbiola imperialis, the imperial volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk of the genus Cymbiola in the family Volutidae, the volutes. [1] [2] [3]
Shells of Cymbiola imperialis can reach a size of 70–250 millimetres (2.8–9.8 in). [5] These large and glossy shells are elongate and fusiform, light to heavy in weight. The basic color is whitish. The spire is high, with canaliculate sutures, strong red-brown axial ribs and narrow red-brown spiral lines. The aperture is whitish, elongate-ovate, with the outer lip showing many black denticles. The operculum is dark brown, thick and small. [6]
This species can be found in the Philippines, Sulu Sea. [2] [5] [7]