- Cabestana tabulata
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Cabestana tabulata Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade LittorinimorphaSuperfamily: 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]
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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
- ^ a b 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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