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

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

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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