MolluscaBase name details
Cymbiola (Cymbiola) imperialis ([Lightfoot], 1786)
385359 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:385359)
alternative representation
Species
Cymbiola (Cymbiola) Swainson, 1831 represented as Cymbiola Swainson, 1831
marine
(of Voluta imperialis [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): 183 [details]
page(s): 183 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cymbiola (Cymbiola) imperialis ([Lightfoot], 1786). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385359 on 2025-09-10
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(of Voluta imperialis [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): 183 [details]
basis of record Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. <em>ConchBooks, Hackenheim.</em> 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS). [details]
page(s): 183 [details]
basis of record Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. <em>ConchBooks, Hackenheim.</em> 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS). [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Synonymy Aulica imperialis f. robinsona Burch, 1954 cited to the western Sulu Sea, is a synonym of the present species [details]
