Cymbiola nobilis

Cynbiola nobilis
Five views of a shell of Cymbiola nobilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Cymbiola
Species:
C. nobilis
Binomial name
Cymbiola nobilis
(Lightfoot, 1786)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cymbiola (Cymbiola) nobilis (Lightfoot, 1786)
  • Voluta fasciata Schubert & Wagner, 1829
  • Voluta nobilis [Lightfoot], 1786 (original combination)
  • Voluta scapha Gmelin, 1791

Cymbiola nobilis (noble volute) is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1] The snail's shell is commonly collected in the sea shell trade, which has resulted in overharvesting of the snail.

  1. ^ a b Cymbiola nobilis (Lightfoot, 1786). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.