OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutidae
Cymbiola vespertilio (Linnaeus, 1758)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Voluta vespertilio Linnaeus, 1758
Common Name
Bat Volute p.41, pl.97 [] Coleman, N. 1975.
Distribution
Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Indonesia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Papua New Guinea
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Northern Territory
Keywords
depth: continental shelf [ to 35 m
]
depth: intertidal
depth: intertidal
depth: shallow subtidal
depth: shallow subtidal
depth: subtidal
depth: subtidal
substrate: mud
substrate: sand
References
Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. p.168, pl. 68, figs. 1-9, pl. 69, figs. 1-8 [ synonymy, distribution, habitat, description and remarks
] General reference
Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.182 Distribution
Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. p.89, pl. 37D-I [ synonymy, type information, distribution, habitat, description, illustration of the radula (fig. 17e) 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 vespertilio (Linnaeus, 1758)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=37924) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-02-04. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-02-23.