Cymbiola palawanica

Cymbiola palawanica
Shell of Cymbiola palawanica (specimen at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Cymbiola
Species:
C. palawanica
Binomial name
Cymbiola palawanica
Douté & Bail, 2000
Synonyms

Cymbiola (Cymbiola) palawanica Douté & Bail, 2000 alternative representation

Cymbiola palawanica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 90 mm.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

  • Douté, H. & Bail, P., 2000. Revision of the "Cymbiola aulica" complex. La Conchiglia 293: 27-40
  • Poppe, G. T.; Tagaro, S. P.; Bail, P. (2011). Notes on the genus Cymbiola in the Philippines, with the redefinition of Cymbiola cathcartiae Reeve, 1856 and the description of Cymbiola laminusa n. sp. Visaya. 3 (4): 76-87.