WoRMS taxon details
Cymbiola nobilis ([Lightfoot], 1786)
714717 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:714717)
accepted
Species
Aulica scapha (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted
Cymbiola (Cymbiola) nobilis ([Lightfoot], 1786) · alternative representation
Voluta (Aulica) scapha Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted
Voluta fasciata Schubert & J. A. Wagner, 1829 · unaccepted (synonym)
Voluta nobilis [Lightfoot], 1786 · unaccepted (original combination)
Voluta scapha Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Voluta nobilis [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): 6, 172, 183 [details]
page(s): 6, 172, 183 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Cymbiola nobilis ([Lightfoot], 1786). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714717 on 2026-01-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Voluta fasciata Schubert & J. A. Wagner, 1829) Schubert, H.G. & Wagner, J.A. (1829) Neues Systematisches Conchylien- Cabinet Angefangen von Martini und Chemnitz. Vol. 12. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, xii + 196 pp., pls. 214–237., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30072696
page(s): 9 [details]
original description (of Voluta scapha Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Voluta nobilis [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): 6, 172, 183 [details]
page(s): 9 [details]
original description (of Voluta scapha Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Voluta nobilis [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): 6, 172, 183 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (97 publications) (from synonym Voluta scapha Gmelin, 1791)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cymbiola nobilis)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Voluta nobilis [Lightfoot], 1786)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To Malacopics (Cymbiola nobilis ([Lightfoot], 1786) Philippines, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.) (from synonym Cymbiola (Cymbiola) nobilis ([Lightfoot], 1786))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cymbiola (Cymbiola) nobilis ([Lightfoot], 1786))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (97 publications) (from synonym Voluta scapha Gmelin, 1791)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cymbiola nobilis)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Voluta nobilis [Lightfoot], 1786)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To Malacopics (Cymbiola nobilis ([Lightfoot], 1786) Philippines, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.) (from synonym Cymbiola (Cymbiola) nobilis ([Lightfoot], 1786))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cymbiola (Cymbiola) nobilis ([Lightfoot], 1786))
Unreviewed
![To Malacopics (Cymbiola nobilis ([Lightfoot], 1786) Philippines, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)](https://malacopics.nl/showimage.php?malacopicname=Volutidae&image=Cymbiola nobilis.jpg "To Malacopics (Cymbiola nobilis ([Lightfoot], 1786) Philippines, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)")
Hosted externally, from synonym
