Cabestana

Cabestana is a genus of medium to large sea snails known as predatory whelks, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cymatiidae.[1]

Cabestana
A live but retracted individual of Cabestana spengleri in situ
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Cabestana
Röding, 1798
Type species
Cabestana cutacea
Linnaeus, 1767
Species

See text

Synonyms[1]
  • Aquillus Montfort, 1810
  • Cabestana (Cymatilesta) Iredale, 1936
  • Cymatilesta Iredale, 1936
  • Cymatium (Cabestana) Röding, 1798
  • Dolarium Schlüter, 1838
  • Neptunella Gray, 1854
  • Triton (Cabestana)
  • Tritonium (Cabestana) Röding, 1798

Description

The ventricose shell is umbilicated. The whorls are nodosely ribbed. The outer lip is dentated internally. [2]

Distribution

This genus is has a cosmopolitan distribution and is found in warm temperate and tropical waters.

Species

The genus contains the following species:[1]

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 manawatuna C. A. Fleming, 1943: 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

  • 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
  • Beu A.G. 2010 [August]. Neogene tonnoidean gastropods of tropical and South America: contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and uplift of the Central American Isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology 377-378: 550 pp, 79 pls. page(s): 118-119
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