Cabestana Explained

Cabestana is a genus of medium to large sea snails known as predatory whelks, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cymatiidae.

Description

The ventricose shell is umbilicated. The whorls are nodosely ribbed. The outer lip is dentated internally.^[1]

Distribution

This genus has a cosmopolitan distribution and is found in warm temperate and tropical waters.

Species

The genus contains the following species:

• 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)

References

• Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
• Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213
• Beu A.G. 2010 [August]. Neogene tonnoidean gastropods of tropical and South America: contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and uplift of the Central American Isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology 377-378: 550 pp, 79 pls. page(s): 118-119

External links

• Röding P.F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg. viii, 199 pp
• Schlüter, F. (1838). Kurzgefasstes systematisches Verzeichniss meiner Conchyliensammlung nebst Andeutung aller bis jetzt von mir bei Halle gefundenen Land- und Flussconchylien. Gebauersche Buchdruckerei, Halle. vii + 40 pp
• Dall W.H. (1904). An historical and systematic review of the frogshells and tritons. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 47: 114-144
• Iredale, T. (1936). Australian molluscan notes, no. 2. Records of the Australian Museum. 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650 Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls