Cymbiola pulchra
- Usual depth13–147 m
- Water temperature20–27 °C
- Best monthsSeptember
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) brendanboyd, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Cymbiola pulchra is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Cymbiola pulchra”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 2 records
- February: 1 records
- March: 3 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 5 records
- June: 7 records
- July: 7 records
- August: 4 records
- September: 20 records
- October: 9 records
- November: 7 records
- December: 5 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 13–147 m · Deepest record: 146.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–27 °C
Photos
(c) eklemp, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Cymbiola (Cymbiolacca) pulchra, Cymbiolacca pulchra, Voluta pulchra
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).
- 349 open-data records from 1943 to 1997.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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