yellow volute
Cymbiola flavicans (Gmelin, 1791)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Cymbiola flavicans (Gmelin, 1791)
- Name authority
- (Gmelin, 1791)
- Common name
- yellow volute
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Neogastropoda
- Family
- Volutidae
- Genus
- Cymbiola
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumMollusca
- classGastropoda Cuvier, 1795
- subclassCaenogastropoda L. R. Cox, 1960
- orderNeogastropoda Wenz, 1938
- superfamilyVolutoidea Rafinesque, 1815
- familyVolutidae Rafinesque, 1815
- subfamilyAmoriinae J. E. Gray, 1857
- tribeMelonini Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954
- genusCymbiola Swainson, 1831
- speciesCymbiola flavicans (Gmelin, 1791)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Cymbiola. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Cymbiola alexisallaryi T. Cossignani, 2018 | VolutidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cymbiola cathcartiae (Reeve, 1856) | VolutidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cymbiola complexa Iredale, 1924 | VolutidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cymbiola hughmorrisoni Bail & Limpus, 1997 | VolutidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cymbiola innexa (Reeve, 1849) | VolutidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cymbiola intruderi (Poppe, 1985) | VolutidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cymbiola malayensis Douté & Bail, 2000 | VolutidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cymbiola mariaemma (J. E. Gray, 1858) | VolutidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cymbiola moretonensis Bail & Limpus, 1998 | VolutidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| snowy voluteCymbiola nivosa (Lamarck, 1804) | VolutidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| noble voluteCymbiola nobilis ([Lightfoot], 1786) | VolutidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cymbiola palawanica Douté & Bail, 2000 | VolutidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Cymbiola (Cymbiola) flavicans (Gmelin, 1791) (Gmelin, 1791) | synonym |
| Voluta tissotiana Crosse, 1867 Crosse, 1867 | synonym |
| Voluta volvacea Lamarck, 1811 Lamarck, 1811 | synonym |
| Voluta signifer Broderip, 1848 Broderip, 1848 | synonym |
| Cymbiola flavicans spinosa J. K. Allan, 1950 J. K. Allan, 1950 | synonym |
| Voluta flavicans Gmelin, 1791 Gmelin, 1791 | synonym |
| Aulica quaesita Iredale, 1956 Iredale, 1956 | synonym |
| Voluta (Cymbiola) kirki F. W. Hutton, 1873 F. W. Hutton, 1873 | synonym |
| Voluta lugubris Swainson, 1823 Swainson, 1823 | synonym |
| Voluta modesta W. Wood, 1828 W. Wood, 1828 | ambiguous synonym |
| Aulica kellneri Iredale, 1957 Iredale, 1957 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714704 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:336MD. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.