Cymbiola houarti

Cymbiola houarti
Shell of Cymbiola houarti (specimen at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Volutidae
Genus:	Cymbiola
Species:	C. houarti
Binomial name
Cymbiola houarti Bail & Limpus, 1998
Synonyms
Cymbiola (Cymbiolacca) houartiBail & Limpus, 1998 alternative representation Cymbiola (Cymbiolacca) pulchra houartiBail & Limpus, 1998 superseded rank Cymbiola pulchra houartiBail & Limpus, 1998 Cymbiolacca pulchra f. houarti Poppe, 1985 (unavailable name: described as a "form")

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 70 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Queensland.

References

1. Cymbiola houarti Bail & Limpus, 199 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .

• Bail, P. & Limpus, A. (1998). Revision of Cymbiola (Cymbiolacca) from eastern Australian coast. The "pulchra complex". Evolver, Roma.

External links

• Worms Link