Cabestana africana
Appearance
Cabestana africana | |
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Apertural view of a shell of Cabestana africana (A. Adams, 1855) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Tonnoidea |
Family: | Cymatiidae |
Genus: | Cabestana |
Species: | C. africana
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Binomial name | |
Cabestana africana (A. Adams, 1855)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Cabestana africana is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.[1]
Description
[edit]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.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off South Africa.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Cabestana africana (A. Adams, 1855). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 December 2018.
- Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1–331, pls 1-70.
External links
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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.