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Cymbiola cymbiola

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Volutidae

Scientific name
  
Cymbiola cymbiola

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Muricoidea

Subfamily
  
Amoriinae

Rank
  
Species

Cymbiola cymbiola

Similar
  
Cymbiola aulica, Cymbiola imperialis, Lyria, Cymbiola

Cymbiola cymbiola, common name the crown volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.

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Description

The size of the shell varies between 55 mm and 85 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Indonesia (Moluccas) and off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia)

References

Cymbiola cymbiola Wikipedia