Cymbiola rutila

Cymbiola rutila, common name the "Blood-red Volute", is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes. [1]

Cymbiola rutila
Cymbiola rutila
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Family:
Volutidae
Genus:
Cymbiola
Species:
C. rutila
Binomial name
Cymbiola rutila
Synonyms
  • Cymbiola (Cymbiola) rutila (Broderip, 1826)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Voluta macgillivrayi Cox, 1873
  • Voluta norrisii Gray, 1838
  • Voluta piperita G. B. Sowerby I, 1844
  • Voluta rückeri Crosse, 1867
  • Voluta rückeri var. ceraunia Crosse, 1880
  • Voluta rueckeri Crosse, 1867

Description

The shell attains a length of 74 mm.

Volutes are predators that live in deep waters where they stalk and kill other molluscs. Volutes do not have a free-swimming larval stage. Their large egg capsules contain enough food to allow the embryos to develop over several months. What emerges from these capsules are tiny but fully formed shells. Volutes tend to spend their life in colonies and have small home ranges.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Britain and Western Australia.

References
  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cymbiola rutila (Broderip, 1826). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714721 on 2020-10-04
  2. "Volute Shells". Archived from the original on 2013-07-08. Retrieved 2013-07-22.


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