Cabestana tabulata

Cabestana tabulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Ranellidae
Subfamily: Cymatiinae
Genus: Cabestana
Species: C. tabulata
Binomial name
Cabestana tabulata
(Menke, 1843)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cabestana (Cymatilesta) otagoensis Powell, 1954
  • Cabestana waterhousei (A. Adams & Angas, 1864)
  • Cabestana waterhousei segregata Powell, 1933
  • Cymatilesta waterhousei tepida Iredale, 1936
  • Cymatium waterhousei (A. Adams & Angas, 1864)
  • Cymatium waterhousei frigidulum Iredale, 1929
  • Triton tabulata Menke, 1843
  • Triton waterhousei A. Adams & Angas, 1864

Cabestana tabulata, common name the shouldered triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 35 mm and 130 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the seas along Southern Australia and Northern New Zealand

References

  1. 1 2 Cabestana tabulata (Menke, 1843). WoRMS (2010). Cabestana tabulata (Menke, 1843). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476467 on 8 November 2010.

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