Cabestana tabulata

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

Cabestana tabulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Cabestana
Species:
C. tabulata
Binomial name
Cabestana tabulata
(Menke, 1843)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cabestana (Cymatilesta) otagoensis Powell, 1954
  • Cabestana waterhousei (A. Adams & Angas, 1864)
  • Cabestana waterhousei segregata Powell, 1933
  • Cymatilesta waterhousei tepida Iredale, 1936
  • Cymatium waterhousei (A. Adams & Angas, 1864)
  • Cymatium waterhousei frigidulum Iredale, 1929
  • Triton tabulata Menke, 1843
  • Triton waterhousei A. Adams & Angas, 1864

Description

The shell size varies between 35 mm and 130 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the seas along Southern Australia and Northern New Zealand

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References
  1. Cabestana tabulata (Menke, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 December 2018.
  • "Cabestana tabulata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
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