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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutidae 

Cymbiola cymbiola (Gmelin, 1791)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Voluta cymbiola Gmelin, 1791
   Voluta corona Dillwyn, 1817
   Voluta flammula Wood, 1828

Distribution

Joseph Bonaparte Gulf, WA across the Arafura Sea to the Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N)
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Indonesia: Moluccas?
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Arafura Sea
     Willan, R.C. 1995. p. 155 

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ 75 m {POPPE1992A} ]
substrate: mud [ ]
substrate: sand [ ]

References

 Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. p.159, pl. 64, figs. 1-3 [ synonymy, distribution, habitat, description and remarks ]  General reference
 Smith, M. 1942. p.35, pl. 17, fig. 113 [ as Aulica cymbiola (Chemnitz, 1788) ]  New combination
 Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. p.76, pl. 38A-C [ synonymy, type information, description and remarks ]  General reference
 Wenz, W. 1943. p.1334, text fig. 3788 [ as Cymbiola ( Cymbiola) cymbiola (Chemnitz, 1788) ]  New combination
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.120, pl. 17, fig. 4a-b [ description, distribution, habitat and synonymy ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Volutidae Rafinesque, 1815
                          Cymbiolinae Bondarev, 1995
                            Cymbiola Swainson, 1831
                              Cymbiola cymbiola (Gmelin, 1791)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=12303) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-09.