Cymbiola imperialis
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| 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. imperialis |
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Cymbiola imperialis (Lightfoot, 1786) |
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Cymbiola imperialis, the imperial volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk of the genus Cymbiola in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
Shells of Cymbiola imperialis can reach a size of 70–250 millimetres (2.8–9.8 in). These large and glossy shells are elongate and fusiform, light to heavy in weight. The basic color is whitish. The spire is high, with canaliculate sutures, strong red-brown axial ribs and narrow red-brown spiral lines. The aperture is whitish, elongate-ovate, with the outer lip showing many black denticles. The operculum is dark brown, thick and small.
This species can be found in the Philippines, Sulu Sea.
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