Cabestana africana
Apertural view of a shell of Cabestana africana (A. Adams, 1855)
Scientific classification Edit this 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]
  • Cabestana africana var. forticostatum W. H. Turton, 1932
  • Cabestana cutacea africana Adams A. 1855
  • Cymatium africanum (A. Adams, 1855) · superseded combination
  • Cymatium cutaceum africanum (A. Adams, 1855)
  • Cymatium dolarium var. adjacens W. H. Turton, 1932 (junior synonym)
  • Cymatium dolarium var. forticostatum W. H. Turton, 1932 (junior synonym)
  • Triton (Cabestana) africanus A. Adams, 1855 (basionym)
  • Triton africanus A. Adams, 1855 (original combination)

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

Description

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.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off South Africa.

References

  • Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1–331, pls 1-70.
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  • Adams, A. (1855). Description of twenty-seven new species of shells from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1854) 22: 311-317
  • "Cabestana africana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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