Cabestana
| Cabestana | |
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| A live but retracted individual of Cabestana spengleri in situ | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Tonnoidea |
| Family: | Ranellidae |
| Genus: | Cabestana Röding, 1798 |
| Type species | |
| Murex cutacea Linnaeus, 1767 | |
| Species | |
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Cabestana is a genus of medium to large sea snails known as predatory whelks, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Ranellidae, the (tritons).[1]
This genus is found in warm temperate and tropical waters.
Species
Species within the genus include:
- Cabestana africana (A. Adams, 1855)
- Cabestana cutacea Linnaeus, 1767
- Cabestana felipponei (von Ihering, 1907)
- † Cabestana manawatuna C. A. Fleming, 1943
- Cabestana spengleri (Perry,1811)
- Cabestana tabulata (Menke, 1843)
- † Cabestana tetleyi (Powell & Bartrum, 1929)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Cabestana costata Röding, 1798: synonym of Cabestana cutacea (Linnaeus, 1767)
- † Cabestana debelior Finlay, 1930 : synonym of Cabestana tabulata (Menke, 1843)
- Cabestana dolaria (Linnaeus, 1767): synonym of Cabestana cutacea (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Cabestana doliata Röding, 1798: synonym of Cabestana cutacea (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Cabestana otagoensis Powell, 1954 : synonym of Cabestana tabulata (Menke, 1843)
- Cabestana waterhousei (A. Adams & Angas, 1864) : synonym of Cabestana tabulata (Menke, 1843)
- Cabestana (Turritriton) labiosa (Wood, 1828): synonym of Turritriton labiosus (Wood, 1828)
References
- 1 2 WoRMS (2010). Cabestana Röding, 1798. 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=138424 on 2010-11-08
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-85467-054-8
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213
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