| Cabestana africana | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Cabestana africana (A. Adams, 1855) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Tonnoidea |
| Family: | Cymatiidae |
| Genus: | Cabestana |
| Species: | C. africana |
| Binomial name | |
| Cabestana africana (A. Adams, 1855) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Cabestana africana is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae. [1]
The size of the shell varies between 60 mm and 115 mm.
The body whorl is nearly smooth. The upper whorls show spiral elevated ridges. The red-brown shell is white within the aperture.
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This marine species occurs off South Africa.
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