Cabestana dolaria

Cabestana dolaria
Cabestana dolaria
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. dolaria
Binomial name
Cabestana dolaria
(Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Cymatium doliarium L.
  • Aquillus dolarius attenuata (f) Pallary, P., 1920
  • Aquillus dolarius elongata (f) Pallary, P., 1920
  • Aquillus dolarius major (f) Pallary, P., 1920

Cabestana dolaria, common name: the Ringed African 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 25 mm and 80 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in European waters (Spain) and along Mozambique and South Africa.

References

  1. ^ a b Cabestana dolaria (Linnaeus, 1767). Gofas, S. (2009). Cabestana dolaria (Linné, 1767). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141100 on 8 November 2010.
  2. ^ Gastropods.com : Cabestana cutacea dolaria; accessed : 8 November 2010
  • MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213

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