Cymbiola malayensis

Cymbiola malayensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]

Cymbiola malayensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Volutidae
Subfamily:
Amoriinae
Genus:
Cymbiola
Subgenus:
Cymbiola
Species:
C. malayensis
Binomial name
Cymbiola malayensis
Douté & Bail, 2000

Description

This well-patterned species attains a size of 95 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Malaysia and the Philippines.

References
  1. Cymbiola malayensis Douté & Bail, 2000. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.


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