Cabestana

Cabestana
A live but retracted individual of Cabestana spengleri in situ
Scientific classification
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]
AquillusMontfort, 1810 Cabestana (Cymatilesta) Iredale, 1936 CymatilestaIredale, 1936 Cymatium (Cabestana)Röding, 1798 DolariumSchlüter, 1838 NeptunellaGray, 1854 Triton (Cabestana) Tritonium (Cabestana)Röding, 1798

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

Description

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

Distribution

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

Species

The genus contains the following species: ^[1]

• Cabestana africana (A. Adams, 1855)
• † Cabestana casus Kensley & Pether, 1986
• Cabestana cutacea Linnaeus, 1767
• Cabestana felipponei (von Ihering, 1907)
• Cabestana spengleri (Perry, 1811)
• Cabestana tabulata (Menke, 1843)
• † Cabestana tetleyi (Powell & Bartrum, 1929)

Species brought into synonymy

• Cabestana costataRöding, 1798: synonym of Cabestana cutacea(Linnaeus, 1767)
• † Cabestana debeliorFinlay, 1930 : synonym of Cabestana tabulata(Menke, 1843)
• Cabestana dolaria(Linnaeus, 1767): synonym of Cabestana cutacea(Linnaeus, 1767)
• Cabestana doliataRöding, 1798: synonym of Cabestana cutacea(Linnaeus, 1767)
• Cabestana otagoensis Powell, 1954 : synonym of Cabestana tabulata(Menke, 1843)
• † Cabestana manawatunaC. 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

1. Cabestana Röding, 1798 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 4 December 2018.
2. Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls

• 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

External links

• Röding P.F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg. viii, 199 pp
• Schlüter, F. (1838). Kurzgefasstes systematisches Verzeichniss meiner Conchyliensammlung nebst Andeutung aller bis jetzt von mir bei Halle gefundenen Land- und Flussconchylien. Gebauersche Buchdruckerei, Halle. vii + 40 pp
• Dall W.H. (1904). An historical and systematic review of the frogshells and tritons. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 47: 114-144
• Iredale, T. (1936). Australian molluscan notes, no. 2. Records of the Australian Museum. 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24 Archived 2020-06-11 at the Wayback Machine