''Cymbiola cymbiola'', common name the crown volute, is a

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of sea snail, a marine gastropod

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in the

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Volutidae ''Volutidae'', common name volutes, are a taxonomic family of predatory sea snails that range in size from 9 mm to over 500 mm. They are marine gastropod mollusks. Most of the species have no operculum. Distribution This family of sea snai ...

, the volutes.

Description

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs off

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(Moluccas) and off Australia (

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References

* Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910. * Dillwyn, L.W. 1817. ''A Descriptive Catalogue of Recent Shells, arranged according to the Linnaean method; with particular attention to the synonymy''. London : John and Arthur Arch 2 volumes 1092 + 29 pp. * Wood, W. 1828. ''Index Testaceologicus; or A Catalogue of Shells, British and Foreign, arranged according to the Linnean system.'' London : Taylor Supplement, pp. 1–59, pls 1–8. * Smith, M. 1942. ''A review of the Volutidae.'' Winter Park, Florida : Tropical Photographic Laboratory pp. 1–127, pls 1-26, figs 1–185. * Wenz, W. 1943. ''Handbuch der Paläozoologie. Gastropoda''. Berlin : Gebrüder Borntraeger Vol. 6 pp. 1311–1355, several text figs. * Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. ''Living Volutes - A Monograph of the Recent Volutidae of the World. Monograph Series No. 1''. Greenville Delaware :

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pp. 1–375. * Wilson, B. 1994. ''Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods''. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. * Bail, P & Poppe, G. T. 2001. ''A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae''. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl.

External links

* Volutidae Gastropods described in 1791 {{Volutidae-stub