Species Cymbiola vespertilio (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• 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)

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

Distribution References

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]

Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. Shells of the Philippines. Manila : Carfel Seashell Museum 377 pp., 100 pls. [182]

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. [89,pl. 37D-I]

 

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)
01-Jun-2021	OLIVOIDEA	02-Feb-2012	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		28-Nov-2011	MODIFIED