Cabestana
Genus of gastropods
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Cabestana is a genus of medium to large sea snails known as predatory whelks, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cymatiidae.[1]
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| A live but retracted individual of Cabestana spengleri in situ | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cymatiidae |
| Genus: | Cabestana Röding, 1798 |
| Type species | |
| Cabestana cutacea Linnaeus, 1767 | |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
Distribution
Species
The genus contains the following species:[1]
- Cabestana africana (A. Adams, 1855)
- † Cabestana casus Kensley & Pether, 1986
- Cabestana cutacea Linnaeus, 1767
- Cabestana felipponei (von Ihering, 1907)
- Cabestana spengleri (Perry, 1811)
- Cabestana tabulata (Menke, 1843)
- † Cabestana tetleyi (Powell & Bartrum, 1929)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Cabestana costata Röding, 1798: synonym of Cabestana cutacea (Linnaeus, 1767)
- † Cabestana debelior Finlay, 1930 : synonym of Cabestana tabulata (Menke, 1843)
- Cabestana dolaria (Linnaeus, 1767): synonym of Cabestana cutacea (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Cabestana doliata Röding, 1798: synonym of Cabestana cutacea (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Cabestana otagoensis Powell, 1954 : synonym of Cabestana tabulata (Menke, 1843)
- † Cabestana manawatuna C. A. Fleming, 1943: synonym of † Cabestana tabulata (Menke, 1843)
- Cabestana waterhousei (A. Adams & Angas, 1864) : synonym of Cabestana tabulata (Menke, 1843)
- Cabestana (Turritriton) labiosa (Wood, 1828): synonym of Turritriton labiosus (Wood, 1828)
