Cabestana tabulata

Cabestana tabulata
Shell of Cabestana tabulata (specimen at the Auckland Museum)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cymatiidae
Genus:	Cabestana
Species:	C. tabulata
Binomial name
Cabestana tabulata (Menke, 1843)
Synonyms [1]
Cabestana (Cymatilesta) otagoensisPowell, 1954 [2] † Cabestana debeliorFinlay, 1930 † Cabestana manawatunaC. A. Fleming, 1943 Cabestana otagoensisPowell, 1954 [2] Cabestana tabulata manawatunaC. A. Fleming, 1943 Cabestana waterhousei(A. Adams & Angas, 1864) Cabestana waterhousei segregataPowell, 1933 Cymatilesta waterhousei(A. Adams & Angas, 1864) Cymatilesta waterhousei tepidaIredale, 1936 Cymatium waterhousei(A. Adams & Angas, 1864) Cymatium waterhousei frigidulumIredale, 1929 Triton tabulataMenke, 1843 Triton waterhouseiA. Adams & Angas, 1864 Tritonium tabulatumMenke, 1843 superseded combination (basionym)

Cabestana tabulata, common name the shouldered triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae. ^[1] Also known as Waterhouse's Rock Whelk.

Description

Cabestana tabulata is a type of seashell, which can be up to 130mm, but is usually 40-100 cm in length. ^{[3] [4]} The shell has 7 to 10 strong, paired spiral ribs and smaller, weaker intermediate riblets, and nodules on the shoulder. The Outer lip is expanded and thickened. It is yellow-brown in color.

Distribution

This species occurs in the seas along Southern Australia and Northern New Zealand and is found amongst seaweed and rocks, intertidally and subtidally. ^[4]

References

1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cabestana tabulata (Menke, 1843)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
2. Powell, A. W. B. (1954). "New Zealand Molluscan Systematics, with Descriptions of New Species, Part 2". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum . 4: 235–240. ISSN   0067-0464. JSTOR   42906069. Wikidata   Q58676746.
3. "Cabestana tabulata | Molluscs of Tasmania" . Retrieved 26 January 2025.
4. "Cabestana tabulata". seashellsofnsw.org.au. Retrieved 11 November 2025.

• Powell, A.W.B. (1933). Notes on the taxonomy of the recent Cymatiidae and Naticidae of New Zealand. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 63: 154–168.
• Fleming, C.A. (1943). Tertiary Mollusca from Dannevirke Subdivision. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 73: 193–208.
• Beu, A. G. (1976). New records of Cymatiidae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) from Kapitean to Castlecliffian (Late Miocene to Early Pleistocene) rocks of East Cape District, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 19: 297-310
• Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
• Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.

External links

• "Cabestana tabulata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
• Menke, K. T. (1843). Molluscorum Novae Hollandiae specimen. Hannover: Libraria Aulica Hahniana. 46 pp
• Adams, A. & Angas, G. F. (1864). Descriptions of new species of shells, chiefly from Australia, in the collection of Mr. Angas. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1864: 35-40
• Iredale, T. (1929). Mollusca from the continental shelf of eastern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum. 17(4): 157-189
• Finlay, H. J. (1930). New shells from New Zealand Tertiary beds. Part 3. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 61, 49–84, 6 pls.
• Iredale, T. (1936). Australian molluscan notes, no. 2. Records of the Australian Museum. 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24 Archived 11 June 2020 at the Wayback Machine