Cabestana cutacea

Cabestana cutacea, common name the Mediterranean bark triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.[1]

Cabestana cutacea
Cabestana cutacea cutacea
Cabestana cutacea dolaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Cabestana
Species:
C. cutacea
Binomial name
Cabestana cutacea
(Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms[1]

See text.

Description

The adult shell size varies between 25 mm and 90 mm.

Distribution

This species is found in European waters (Spain); in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands, the Azores and the Cape Verdes; and off Mozambique and South Africa.

List of synonyms

  • Aquillus cutaceus (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Aquillus cutaceus var. major Pallary, 1920
  • Aquillus dolarium (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Aquillus dolarium attenuata (f) Pallary, P., 1920
  • Aquillus dolarium elongata (f) Pallary, P., 1920
  • Aquillus dolarium major (f) Pallary, P., 1920
  • Cabestana costata Röding, 1798
  • Cabestana cutacea cutacea (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Cabestana dolaria (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Cabestana doliata Röding, 1798
  • Cymatium doliarium Linnaeus 1767
  • Murex cutaceus Linnaeus, 1767
  • Murex dolarium Linnaeus, 1767
  • Murex succinctus Risso, 1826
  • Ranella lemania Risso, 1826
  • Ranella tuberculata Risso, 1826
  • Simpulum dolarium (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Simpulum dolarium var. elongata Pallary, 1903
  • Triton africanum Adams A., 1855
  • Triton cutaceum (Linnaeus, 1767) (incorrect gender agreement of specific epithet)
  • Triton cutaceus (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Triton cutaceus var. curta Buquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882
  • Triton cutaceus var. gerna de Gregorio, 1885
  • Triton cutaceus var. isgura de Gregorio, 1885
  • Tritonium curtum Locard, 1886
  • Tritonium danieli Locard, 1886
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References

  1. Cabestana cutacea (Linnaeus, 1767). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 December 2018.
  • MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  • "Cabestana cutacea cutacea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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