OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutidae 

Cymbiola rossiniana (Bernardi, 1859)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Voluta rossiniana Bernardi, 1859

Common Name

Blood-red Volute p.257      Allan, J. 1950.  

Distribution

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: New Caledonia

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ to 30 m ]
depth: shallow subtidal [ from 2 m, most live in depths of 2-5 m ]
depth: subtidal 
habitat: coral reef 
substrate: sand [ white coral sand {POPPE1992A}. ]
substrate: sand 

References

 Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. p.166, pl. 71, figs. 4-5 [ synonymy, distribution, habitat, description and remarks ]  General reference
 Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. p.84, pl. 34E-F [ synonymy, type information, distribution, habitat, description and remarks ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Volutidae Rafinesque, 1815
                          Cymbiolinae Bondarev, 1995
                            Cymbiola Swainson, 1831
                              Cymbiola rossiniana (Bernardi, 1859)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=37922) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-02-04. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-11.