# Cymbiola complexa

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{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2026}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Cymbiola complexa 001.jpg
| image_caption = Shell of ''Cymbiola complexa'' (specimen  at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam)
| taxon = Cymbiola complexa
| authority = [Iredale](/source/Tom_Iredale), 1924
| synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS"/>
| synonyms =
* ''Cymbiola (Cymbiolacca) complexa'' <small>Iredale, 1924</small> alternative representation
* ''Cymbiola (Cymbiolacca) pulchra complexa'' <small>Iredale, 1924</small> 
* ''Cymbiola pulchra complexa'' <small>Iredale, 1924</small> 
* ''Cymbiolacca complexa'' <small>(Iredale, 1924)</small> · 
* ''Voluta punctata'' <small>Swainson, 1823</small> (invalid: junior homonym of ''Voluta punctata'' <small>T. Brown, 1818</small>; ''Cymbiola complexa'' is a replacement name) 
}}

'''''Cymbiola complexa''''' is a [species](/source/species) of [sea snail](/source/sea_snail), a marine [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusk](/source/mollusk) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Volutidae](/source/Volutidae), the volutes.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|567307|''Cymbiola complexa'' Iredale, 1924|7 February 2026}}</ref>

;Subspecies:
* ''Cymbiola complexa complexa'' <small>Iredale, 1924</small>
* ''Cymbiola complexa frazerensis'' <small>Bail & Limpus, 1998</small>
* ''Cymbiola complexa nielseni'' <small>(McMichael, 1963)</small>

==Description==
The length of the shell attains 61&nbsp;mm.

==Distribution==
This marine species is [endemic](/source/Endemism) to Australia and occurs off [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales) and [Queensland](/source/Queensland)

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* Swainson, W. 1823. Zoological Illustrations; or Original Figures and Descriptions of new, rare, or interesting Animals, selected chiefly from the classes of Ornithology, Entomology, and Conchology, and arranged on the principles of Cuvier and other modern zoologists. London : Baldwin, Cradock & Joy Vol. 1 ix 75 pp., pls 1-66, Vol. 2-63 pp., pl. 67, Vol. 3 x 71 pp. [published between 1820 and 1823].
* Bail, P. & Limpus, A. 1998. The "pulchra complex": revision of Cymbiola (Cymbiolacca) from East Australian Coast. Rome : Evolver 80 pp.
* Beechey, D.L. 2005. Cymbiola pulchra in NSW. Australian Shell News 125: 7–8 
* Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. Living Volutes - A Monograph of the Recent Volutidae of the World. Monograph Series No. 1. Greenville Delaware : Delaware Museum of Natural History pp.&nbsp;1–375.

==External links==
* {{cite journal |last1=Iredale |first1=T. |title=Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. |journal=Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales |date=1924 |volume=49 |issue=3 |page=258 |url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35095196 |access-date=7 February 2026}}

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complexa
Category:Gastropods described in 1924
Category:Taxa named by Tom Iredale

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