WoRMS taxon details
Cymbiola flavicans (Gmelin, 1791)
714704 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:714704)
accepted
Species
Aulica kellneri Iredale, 1957 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Aulica quaesita Iredale, 1956 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cymbiola (Cymbiola) flavicans (Gmelin, 1791) · alternative representation
Cymbiola flavicans spinosa J. K. Allan, 1950 · unaccepted
Voluta (Cymbiola) kirki F. W. Hutton, 1873 · unaccepted (mislocalised specimen of...)
mislocalised specimen of Australian origin
Voluta flavicans Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted
Voluta lugubris Swainson, 1823 · unaccepted (synonym)
Voluta modesta W. Wood, 1828 · unaccepted (synonym)
Voluta signifer Broderip, 1848 · unaccepted (synonym)
Voluta tissotiana Crosse, 1867 · unaccepted (synonym)
Voluta volvacea Lamarck, 1811 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Subspecies Cymbiola flavicans spinosa J. K. Allan, 1950 accepted as Cymbiola flavicans (Gmelin, 1791)
marine
(of Voluta flavicans Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cymbiola flavicans (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714704 on 2025-04-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Voluta lugubris Swainson, 1823) Swainson, W. (1820-1823). Zoological Illustrations, or, original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged on the principles of Cuvier and other modern zoologists. London: Baldwin, Cradock & Joe; Strand: W. Wood. (Vol. 1-3): pl. 1-18 [1820] pl. 19-83 [1821] pl. 84-134 [1822] pl. 135-182 [1823]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/92614 [details]
original description (of Voluta modesta W. Wood, 1828) Wood, W. (1828). <i>Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of shells, British and foreign</i>. Richard Taylor, London. iv [+1] + 59 pp., plates 1-8. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22991199 [details]
original description (of Voluta signifer Broderip, 1848) Broderip, W. J. (1848). Description of a new species of volute. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 15: 232-233., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12863012#page/734/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Voluta volvacea 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 Aulica kellneri Iredale, 1957) Iredale, T. (1957). Another Australian volute. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales.</em> 56(91): 91-92. [details]
original description (of Aulica quaesita Iredale, 1956) Iredale, T. (1956). A Northern Australian volute. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales.</em> 1954-55: 76-77, fig. 71. [details]
original description (of Cymbiola flavicans spinosa J. K. Allan, 1950) Allan, J. [K.]. (1950). Australian Shells. With Related Animals Living in the Sea, in Freshwater and on Land [first edition. <em>Australiana Society Publication, Georgian House, Melbourne. p. xix.</em> 1-470.
page(s): 166, B/W pl. 21, fig. 20 [details]
original description (of Voluta flavicans Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Voluta (Cymbiola) kirki F. W. Hutton, 1873) Hutton, F. W. (1873). Catalogue of the marine Mollusca of New Zealand, with diagnoses of the species. Didsbury, Wellington, xx + 116 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1352868
page(s): 18 [details]
original description (of Voluta modesta W. Wood, 1828) Wood, W. (1828). <i>Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of shells, British and foreign</i>. Richard Taylor, London. iv [+1] + 59 pp., plates 1-8. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22991199 [details]
original description (of Voluta signifer Broderip, 1848) Broderip, W. J. (1848). Description of a new species of volute. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 15: 232-233., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12863012#page/734/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Voluta volvacea 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 Aulica kellneri Iredale, 1957) Iredale, T. (1957). Another Australian volute. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales.</em> 56(91): 91-92. [details]
original description (of Aulica quaesita Iredale, 1956) Iredale, T. (1956). A Northern Australian volute. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales.</em> 1954-55: 76-77, fig. 71. [details]
original description (of Cymbiola flavicans spinosa J. K. Allan, 1950) Allan, J. [K.]. (1950). Australian Shells. With Related Animals Living in the Sea, in Freshwater and on Land [first edition. <em>Australiana Society Publication, Georgian House, Melbourne. p. xix.</em> 1-470.
page(s): 166, B/W pl. 21, fig. 20 [details]
original description (of Voluta flavicans Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Voluta (Cymbiola) kirki F. W. Hutton, 1873) Hutton, F. W. (1873). Catalogue of the marine Mollusca of New Zealand, with diagnoses of the species. Didsbury, Wellington, xx + 116 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1352868
page(s): 18 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life
To Conchology (Cymbiola flavicans)
To Malacopics (Cymbiola flavicans (Gmelin, 1791) Australia, Northern Territory, Melville Island, c... (from synonym Cymbiola (Cymbiola) flavicans (Gmelin, 1791))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cymbiola (Cymbiola) flavicans (Gmelin, 1791))
To Conchology (Cymbiola flavicans)
To Malacopics (Cymbiola flavicans (Gmelin, 1791) Australia, Northern Territory, Melville Island, c... (from synonym Cymbiola (Cymbiola) flavicans (Gmelin, 1791))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cymbiola (Cymbiola) flavicans (Gmelin, 1791))
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