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Asian flame volute
Fulgoraria rupestris
Fulgoraria (Fulgoraria) rupestris, common name the Asian flame volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
From the article Fulgoraria rupestris on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 70 mm and 146 mm. The oblong-fusiform shell has a yellowish flesh-color, with zigzagged longitudinal chestnut lines. The spire is moderately elongated, terminating in a papillary summit with the apex lateral, instead of central and vertical as usual in spiral shells. The surface is plicate longitudinally, crossed by engraved revolving lines. There are six or seven columellar plaits. The outer lip is thickened within, its margin slightly crenulate. The interior of the aperture has also a flesh-color.
Range & habitat
This marine species occurs in the demersal zone off Japan, Taiwan, China and Vietnam.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
What it does
Embryos develop into free-swimming planktonic marine larvae (trochophore) and later into juvenile veligers.
Wikipedia: “Life cycle”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 973093.