Marine Species Traits - Cymbiola sophia (Gray, 1846)

WoRMS taxon details

Cymbiola sophia (Gray, 1846)

AphiaID

714722 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:714722)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Cymbiola Swainson, 1831

Original name

Voluta sophia Gray, 1846

Synonymised names

Cymbiola (Cymbiola) sophia (Gray, 1846) · alternative representation

Voluta sophia Gray, 1846 · unaccepted

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Voluta sophia Gray, 1846) Gray, J. E. (1847). Description of some new species of marine shells. pp. 355–362, pls. 1, 2, Appendix X, In: J.B. Jukes, <i>Narrative of the surveying voyage of H.M.S. Fly, commanded by Captain F. P. Blackwood, R.N. in Torres Strait, New Guinea, and other islands of the eastern archipelago, during the years 1842–1846</i>: …. T. & W. Boone, London, vol. 2, vii + 362 pp., 12 pls., 1 map [July, fide Sherborn 1923: cxxxiv]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39170841 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cymbiola sophia (Gray, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714722 on 2025-05-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2013-01-05 07:35:10Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2022-04-23 03:19:13Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Voluta sophia Gray, 1846) Gray, J. E. (1847). Description of some new species of marine shells. pp. 355–362, pls. 1, 2, Appendix X, In: J.B. Jukes, <i>Narrative of the surveying voyage of H.M.S. Fly, commanded by Captain F. P. Blackwood, R.N. in Torres Strait, New Guinea, and other islands of the eastern archipelago, during the years 1842–1846</i>: …. T. & W. Boone, London, vol. 2, vii + 362 pp., 12 pls., 1 map [July, fide Sherborn 1923: cxxxiv]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39170841 [details]