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About this species
Cymbiola complexa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.SubspeciesCymbiola complexa complexa Iredale, 1924 Cymbiola complexa frazerensis Bail & Limpus, 1998 Cymbiola complexa nielseni (McMichael, 1963)
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Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 11 records
- February: 10 records
- March: 13 records
- April: 17 records
- May: 16 records
- June: 16 records
- July: 13 records
- August: 16 records
- September: 11 records
- October: 10 records
- November: 6 records
- December: 7 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–25 °C
Photos
(c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Cymbiola (Cymbiolacca) complexa, Cymbiolacca complexa, Voluta punctata
Similar species
Magnificent voluteCymbiola magnifica
Noble voluteCymbiola nobilis
Snowy voluteCymbiola nivosa
Bat voluteCymbiola vespertilio
- Aulica volute
Cymbiola aulica
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 102 open-data records from 1956 to 1966.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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