Species Cymbiola rutila (Broderip, 1826)
Blood Volute, Blood-red Volute
- Voluta rutila Broderip, W.J. 1826. Descriptions of some new and rare volutes. Zoological Journal of London 2(5): 27-36 [30].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1967607, northeast coast of Australia.
Generic Combinations
- Cymbiola rutila (Broderip, 1826).
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-West pacific. In addition to the distribution cited in references given here. the following record is from the Australian Museum collection: Coral Sea region 18 (C.371614)
IMCRA
Northeast Province (18), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory
Ecological Descriptors
Intertidal, marine, sand, shallow subtidal, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
To 10 m.
General References
Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. Volutes. Ancona : L'Informatore Piceno 348 pp., pl. 1-107. [166,pl. 66, figs 6-7,pl. 67, figs 1-8]
Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. Living Volutes - A Monograph of the Recent Volutidae of the World. Monograph Series No. 1. Greenville Delaware : Delaware Museum of Natural History pp. 1-375. [87] (divided into two subspecies rutila ( 87,pl. 36E-F) and norrisii (88,pl. 36A-D, G),)
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [122,pl. 17, fig. 2]
Common Name References
Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [167, pl. 25, fig. 7] (Blood-red Volute)
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [256, pl. 703] (Blood Volute)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | OLIVOIDEA | 02-Feb-2012 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 28-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED |