WoRMS taxon details

Cymbiola vespertilio (Linnaeus, 1758)

568006 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:568006)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Neogastropoda (Order)
  7. Volutoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Volutidae (Family)
  9. Amoriinae (Subfamily)
  10. Melonini (Tribe)
  11. Cymbiola (Genus)
  12. Cymbiola vespertilio (Species)
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Species
Cymbiola Swainson, 1831
Voluta lineolata Küster, 1841 · unaccepted > junior homonym (junior homonym of Voluta...)  
junior homonym of Voluta lineolata Deshayes, 1835
Voluta mitis Lamarck, 1811 · unaccepted (synonym)
Voluta serpentina Lamarck, 1811 · unaccepted (synonym)
Voluta vespertilio Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)

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(of Voluta vespertilio Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 733 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Cymbiola vespertilio (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=568006 on 2026-08-07
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2011-04-08 21:04:50Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2015-12-16 12:12:10Z
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Bouchet, Philippe

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Nomenclature

original description (of Voluta lineolata Küster, 1841) Küster, H. C. (1838-1841). Die Familie der Walzenschnecken. (Volutacea, Menke.) Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz, ed.2, 5(2): vii-x, pp. 1-234, pls A, B, 1-49, 17a-e. Published in parts: pls 1-5 [1838]; pp 1-104, pls 6-9, 10-11, 13-15, 24-27, 30-31, 33 [1839]; pp 105-184, pls 12, 16-17, 17a, 17b, 28-29, 34-37, 40-41, 43, 45-48 [1840]; pp 185-234, pls 17c-e, 32, 38-39, 42, 44, 49 [1841]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34261169#page/4/mode/1up
page(s): 194, pl. 38, fig. 6 [details] 

original description (of Voluta mitis Lamarck, 1811) Lamarck [J.B.M. de]. (1811). Suite de la détermination des espèces de Mollusques testacés. Volute (<i>Voluta</i>). <em>Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 17: 54-80., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29406851 [details] 

original description (of Voluta serpentina Lamarck, 1811) Lamarck [J.B.M. de]. (1811). Suite de la détermination des espèces de Mollusques testacés. Volute (<i>Voluta</i>). <em>Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 17: 54-80., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29406851 [details] 

original description (of Voluta vespertilio Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 733 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Crabos, O. (2025). Description of a new <i>Cymbiola</i> (Volutidea: Volutidae) from Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia: <i>Cymbiola nusatenggara</i> sp. nov. <em>Xenophora Taxonomy.</em> 46: 13-21. [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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LanguageName 
English bat volute  [details]
German Fledermaus-Walzenschnecke  [details]
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (120 publications) (from synonym Voluta vespertilio Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) 
To Conchology (Cymbiola vespertilio ALBINO) 
To Conchology (Cymbiola vespertilio BANDED DWARF) 
To Conchology (Cymbiola vespertilio BANDED) 
To Conchology (Cymbiola vespertilio BROWN FREAK) 
To Conchology (Cymbiola vespertilio BROWN) 
To Conchology (Cymbiola vespertilio CALITOBAN) 
To Conchology (Cymbiola vespertilio CAUBIAN) 
To Conchology (Cymbiola vespertilio CLOUDY) 
To Conchology (Cymbiola vespertilio CORDED) 
To Conchology (Cymbiola vespertilio DARK) 
To Conchology (Cymbiola vespertilio FREAK) 
To Conchology (Cymbiola vespertilio GIANT) 
To Conchology (Cymbiola vespertilio INDONESIA) 
To Conchology (Cymbiola vespertilio JUVENILE) 
To Conchology (Cymbiola vespertilio KOTA) 
To Conchology (Cymbiola vespertilio LARGE) 
To Conchology (Cymbiola vespertilio MACTAN) 
To Conchology (Cymbiola vespertilio NEGROS) 
To Conchology (Cymbiola vespertilio OLIVE) 
To Conchology (Cymbiola vespertilio OLUTANGA) 
To Conchology (Cymbiola vespertilio ORANGE GIANT) 
To Conchology (Cymbiola vespertilio ORANGE MOUTH) 
To Conchology (Cymbiola vespertilio ORANGE) 
To Conchology (Cymbiola vespertilio OVERGLAZE) 
To Conchology (Cymbiola vespertilio PALAWAN) 
To Conchology (Cymbiola vespertilio RED) 
To Conchology (Cymbiola vespertilio SECOND) 
To Conchology (Cymbiola vespertilio SET) 
To Conchology (Cymbiola vespertilio SINISTRAL YOUNG) 
To Conchology (Cymbiola vespertilio SINISTRAL) 
To Conchology (Cymbiola vespertilio SPECIAL COLOR) 
To Conchology (Cymbiola vespertilio SUBFOSSIL) 
To Conchology (Cymbiola vespertilio TAWI TAWI) 
To Conchology (Cymbiola vespertilio TUBABAO) 
To Conchology (Cymbiola vespertilio YOUNG) 
To Conchology (Cymbiola vespertilio) 
To Malacopics (Cymbiola vespertilio (Linnaeus, 1758) Indonesia, Maluku, Ambon, ex coll. F.J.A. Sli... 
To Malacopics (Cymbiola vespertilio (Linnaeus, 1758) Papua New Guinea, New Ireland, Bismarck Archi... 
To Malacopics (Cymbiola vespertilio (Linnaeus, 1758) Philippines) 
To Malacopics (Cymbiola vespertilio (Linnaeus, 1758) Philippines, Central Visayas, off Bohol AFJ 6... 
To Malacopics (Cymbiola vespertilio (Linnaeus, 1758) Philippines, Davao, Davao Oriental, Mati, col... 
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 866262 Cymbiola vesperitilio Bledsoe) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Voluta vespertilio Linnaeus, 1758)
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