Cymbiola cymbiola

Cymbiola cymbiola, common name the crown volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.^[1]

Cymbiola cymbiola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Volutidae
Genus:	Cymbiola
Species:	C. cymbiola
Binomial name
Cymbiola cymbiola (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
Aulica cymbiola (Chemnitz, 1788) Cymbiola (Cymbiola) cymbiola (Gmelin, 1791) · accepted, alternate representation Voluta corona Dillwyn, 1817 Voluta cymbiola Gmelin, 1791 (basionym) Voluta flammula Wood, 1828 Voluta kaupi Dunker, 1863

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)