Cabestana felipponei

Cabestana felipponei
Shell of Cabestana felipponei (holotype)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Tonnoidea
Family:	Cymatiidae
Genus:	Cabestana
Species:	C. felipponei
Binomial name
Cabestana felipponei (H. von Ihering, 1907)
Synonyms [1]
Triton felipponeivon Ihering, 1907 † Tritonium filipponeiIhering, 1907 ·

Cabestana felipponei is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae. ^[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil and Uruguay.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 53 mm. ^[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 30 m. ^[2] Maximum recorded depth is 140 m. ^[2]

References

1. Cabestana felipponei (von Ihering, 1907) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 4 December 2018.
2. Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0008776 .

• 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.

External links

• Ihering, H. von. (1907). Les mollusques fossiles du Tertiaire et du Crétacé supérieur de l'Argentine. Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires. ser. 3, 7: xiii, 1–611, 18 pls