Species Cymbiola vespertilio (Linnaeus, 1758)
Bat Volute
- Voluta vespertilio Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [733].
Type data:
Holotype "O. utriuesque Indiae".
Generic Combinations
- Cymbiola vespertilio (Linnaeus, 1758).
Distribution
States
Northern Territory
Extra Distribution Information
Presence in Australia seems to be only based on record by Abbottsmith (1969)
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Transition (26)
Distribution References
- Abbottsmith, F. 1969. Multiform Australian Volutes. Sydney, NSW : The Author 109 pp. [Update pages were published occasionally] [37]
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, intertidal, marine, mud-silt, sand, shallow subtidal, subtidal.
General References
Abbottsmith, F. 1969. Multiform Australian Volutes. Sydney, NSW : The Author 109 pp. [Update pages were published occasionally] [37]
Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. Volutes. Ancona : L'Informatore Piceno 348 pp., pl. 1-107. [168,pl. 68, figs 1-9,pl. 69, figs 1-8]
Common Name References
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [41, pl. 97] (Bat Volute)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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01-Jun-2021 | OLIVOIDEA | 02-Feb-2012 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
28-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED |