Cymbiola vespertilio

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

Cymbiola vespertilio
A shell of Cymbiola vespertilio
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Volutidae
Genus:	Cymbiola
Species:	C. vespertilio
Binomial name
Cymbiola vespertilio Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[1]
Cymbiola (Cymbiola) vespertilio (Linnaeus, 1758) Voluta lineolata Küster, H.C., 1841 Voluta pellisserpentis Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1811 Voluta serpentina Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1811 Voluta vespertilio Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym)

Distribution

This is a Central Indo-Pacific species, found off the Philippines and Northern Australia.

Description

Shell of Cymbiola vespertilio ssp. mitis

The size of an adult shell varies between 45 mm and 160 mm.