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Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | |
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A shell of Cymbiola vespertilio | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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] | |
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This is a Central Indo-Pacific species, found off the Philippines and Northern Australia.
The size of an adult shell varies between 45 mm and 160 mm.
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