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Sea slugs & snails

Variable Volute

Cymbiola vespertilio

Also known as: Bat Volute, Bat Volute Sea Shell, Bat Volute Shell, Brown Volutidae, Cone Shell, Philippine Bat Volute, Volute, Volute Shell

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@fishx6 · Lembeth Resort, Indonesia · June 20061 / 6
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Overview

Found in silty waters, over mud and seagrass beds. Beautiful shell, variable in colour and pattern. Animal much bigger than shell.

Volutes are some of the most sought after shells with their giant shells, colour and patterns.
They are amazingly fast when feeding on other mollusc's.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
linesspeckled
Body shape
shells

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Central Pacific
  • Country only · 6
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Found in silty waters, over mud and seagrass beds.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumMollusca
    3. classGastropoda
    4. orderNeogastropoda
    5. familyVolutidae
    6. genusCymbiola
    7. speciesCymbiola vespertilio (Linnaeus, 1758)

    SourcesWoRMSWikipedia

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